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BY 
CADWAI,I,ADE:r JONES 
1899 



FORE-WORD 

This volume of family history was written by my 
father, Col. Cadwallader Jones, and left by him in rough 
manuscript. He compiled it from data, notes, and per- 
sonal reminiscences, collected by him during the greater 
part of his life, especially the last few years, and with 
untiring patience and wonderful system recorded and 
classified. 

I trust that any omissions or incorrect detail of data 
which may occur in this book will be excused by its 
readers, as his life was not spared long enough to com- 
plete the work as fully as he wished and intended. 

In the history of his immediate family, he gives a 
sketch of his own life with the rest, but with his usual 
modesty made it very short and unpretentious — I add a 
few extracts from some of the notices of him in the papers 
at the time of his death : 

"Columbia, S. C, December i, 1899. Col. Cadwallader 
Jones died early this morning — full of years and honors 
he passed away. Although 86 years old. Col. Jones has 
been always the picture of health, and it was only during 
the past week or two that his physical powers began to 
fail and his family and friends to realize that it was but a 
question of a short time when his brave spirit would re- 
turn to the God who gave it." 

"December 3d. The funeral services of the late Col. 
Jones were held yesterday afternoon at Trinity Church. 
The attendance was very large, showing the high esteem 



in which this distinguished gentleman was held in Colum- 
bia. A striking sight was the long procession of children 
and kindred that followed the bier of Col. Jones on foot 
from the home of his daughter, Mrs. T. C. Robertson, 
into the church. There were eight sons and daughters, 
and perhaps twenty grand-children. 

'The members of Camp Hampton, U. C. V., turned out 
in a body to attend the services, and the Confederate 
Camp at Rock Hill, of which he was Commander, sent 
an honorary delegation, bearing a handsome floral offer- 
ing from his old comrades. Inside the casket was placed 
three roses, one which was transplanted in 1780 from the 
garden. at 'Mt. Gallant,' the home of Col. Jones' great- 
grand-father. Gen. Allen Jones, in eastern North Caro- 
lina; one from the gardens of his wife's father, Gov. 
Iredell, of Raleigh, N. C, which he has carried around 
with him since 1840, and another, contributed by a friend, 
which was grown from a bud that rested on the pulseless 
heart of John C. Calhoun." 

''Though in later years, owing to age, Col. Cad. Jones 
has not been prominently connected with public affairs, 
yet for more than a quarter of a century he was foremost 
in serving the interests of his State. He was always true 
and enthusiastic in every cause he espoused, entering the 
many contests which were presented with all the spirit, 
zeal and earnestness, always so characteristic of his. 
nature. When the Confederate War broke out, he organ- 
ized a company of volunteers at Rock Hill, was elected 
Captain, and when the 12th Regiment was organized he 
was made Major ; and after the battle of Sharpsburg he 
became Colonel. He bore with honor throughout the 
war the old sword worn by his father in the War of 18 12, 



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and his grand-father in the Revohition. * * * The 
greater part of his Hfe in South CaroHna was spent at his 
hospitable home in Rock Hill, where he sought retirement 
from the excitement of political strife, and preferred the 
peace and quiet of his home circle and his many friends. 
He was a slave-owner and a planter on an extensive 
scale." 

The vestry of the "Church of Our Saviour," at Rock 
Hill, in a memorial to him, says : 

"This noble old man and his beloved wife were the first 
Episcopalians in this section. They were the first to 
organize the church here, and with zeal and love to work 
for its upbuilding. * * * We thank our Heavenly Father 
for the good example of these saints and for the privilege 
of worshipping with them at the same altar. Col. Jones 
was a leading citizen, a brave officer in the Confederate 
War, but above all, he was a Christian gentleman." 

A. I. robe;rtson. 
Columbia, S. C, April lo, 1900. 



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A GENEALOGICAL 
HISTORY 

We ought to keep before us the memory of our fathers. 
To this end it seems proper that I, the oldest Hving son of 
the Jones family of Roanoke, Va., should record what I 
know of them, for the information of those who bear their 
name or inherit their blood. 

This I propose briefly to do, making record also of the 
families with whom they intermarried. As we like to 
trace the waters of rivers to their source among the hills 
and mountains, so I hope the descendants of those fam- 
ilies may be interested in tracing their lineage to as remote 
an ancestry as is now permitted. In this effort we can 
only essay to rival the hunter who brings home a good 
bag of birds, not hoping to catch all that are in the woods. 

There were in Virginia at an early period of the settle- 
ment of that colony, two Jones families, both of Welsh 
extraction and connected in the old country — one known 
as the Robert Jones, and the other as the Peter or Cad- 
wallader Jones family. These, after a long residence in 
Virginia, were united by the intermarriage of Maj. Allen 
Jones Green and Lucy Pride Jones, daughter of Maj. 
Cadwallader Jones, the 23d October, 1804, and further by 
the marriage of Frederick L. J. Pride, son of Maj. C. 
Jones, with Amaryllis Sitgreaves, grand-daughter of 
Gen. Allen Jones, the 27th June, 181 1, and further still by 
the marriage of Col. Cadwallader Jones to Rebecca E. 
Long, grand-daughter of Gen. Allen Jones. 

The name Jones is Welsh, and is derived from John. 
The Welsh had no surname until compelled by Parlia- 

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ment. Then they took their father's name for their sur- 
name. Thus' Robert ap John, or Robert son of John, 
became Robert John or Johns, and by inserting e for eu- 
phony, became Johnes or Jones. 

RoBKRT Jone:s. — About the middle of the 17th century, 
Robert Jones of Wales came to Virginia as boatswain on 
a British man-of-war. Falling in love with a Norfolk 
"damsel," as tradition names her, while the ship lay off 
Old Point Comfort, he leaped overboard the night previ- 
ous to sailing and swam ashore to his betrothed. They 
soon after married and settled near Norfolk. There were 
several children the fruits of this marriage, among them 
Robert Jones, second of the name. He was a planter in 
Surrey County, and was the father of Robert, called Robin 
Jones, third of the name, and of John and Nathaniel 
Jones, and others not remembered. John had two daugh- 
ters, Patsey and Elizabeth; the first married William 
Daniel, and was the mother of Hon. Jos. I. Daniel, Asso- 
ciate Justice of the Supreme Court, and of Hon. J. R. 
J. Daniel, of North Carolina, member of Congress from 
Halifax District, and Attorney General of the State. 
Elizabeth was the mother of William Gray, of Randolph 
County, Va. Nathaniel Jones lived in Wake County, N. 
C, and was frequently member of the House and Senate. 
His first term in the House was in 1787, and in the Senate 
in 1801. Kimbro Jones, a descendant of this Nathaniel, 
was a man of influence in the County of Wake, member of 
Assembly 1819, member of the Convention in 1835 which 
revised the Constitution of the State. 

Robert, or Robin Jones, third of the name, moved to 
North Carolina as agent or attorney of John Cartaret, 
Earl of Granville, one of the eight Lords Proprietors. 
The rule of these Proprietors was overthrown 1719. The 
surrender of their charters was in 1727. Lord Granville 
refused to join in this surrender, whereupon it was agreed 

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between him and the King that he should have about one- 
half of the State of North Carolina, but was to have no 
political authority. This agreement was in 1744. 

Robin Jones was a lawyer of eminent ability ; was edu- 
cated in England, where he attracted the attention of 
Granville, was appointed Attorney General for the Crown 
for North Carolina in 1761, as appears in a dispatch from 
Gov. Dobbs in Rolls office, London. Willie Jones, in a 
letter to his son, then a youth at college, dated March i, 
1798, says of him : "I not only wish that you should equal 
your companions and excel myself in all useful know- 
ledge, but that you should rival your grand-father, Robert 
Jones, who was in point of genius a model indeed!" 

This was never intended to see the light, and was acci- 
dentally discovered in an old file of letters, all the more to 
be appreciated. By his profession and as agent of his 
Lordship and attorney for the Crown, he rapidly acquired 
wealth, and became probably the largest landed proprie- 
tor on the Roanoke. 

In the Rolls office there is this dispatch : "April 20, 
1766. The Tuskeroras will move from Bertie this week 
to New York. Mr. Jones, the Attorney General, ad- 
vanced £1,200 to aid in bringing waggons and provisions, 
on the credit of their land." The colonial records of 
North Carolina show that he was member of Assembly 
1754-55, was author of the bill to establish a Supreme and 
County Court, and was appointed to prepare an address to 
the Governor on grievances. He moved the address to 
his Majesty to give i8,ooo to enable the Governor to assist 
in repelling the French. He died October 2, 1766, as 
appears from this dispatch, 1767: ''Gov. Tryon informs 
the Board of Trade of the death of Robert Jones on Octo- 
ber 2, and that he had appointed Marmaduke Jones, who 
had long been a resident, of first credit and capacity, about 
forty years old, educated in England and cousin to Sir 

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Marmaduke Wyvil." He was in every way a remarkable 
man. It became necessary to amputate his leg on account 
of white swelling; he postponed the operation until the 
afternoon, that he might argue a case in the morning. He 
was a firm believer in the Church of England. He lived 
unhappily with his second wife, Mary Eaton, and said in 
his will, that what he gave her in lieu of dower was far 
more than she deserved. Elizabeth was the only child of 
this marriage. She m., lo August, 1781, Benjamin Wil- 
liams, Governor of North Carolina 1799 and 1807. Their 
son Benjamin married, 19 October, 1821, Mary Chal- 
mers, of Moore County, and left a son, Benjamin Wil- 
liams, whose widow is now living. 

Robin Jones married first, Sarah Cobb, in 1737 or '38, 
and was the founder of the Jones family in the counties 
of Halifax and Northampton, on the Roanoke. His de- 
scendants by this wife intermarried with the Haynes, 
Eatons, Mumfords and Gilchrists, in colonial times, and 
later on with the Longs, Davies, Greens, Sitgreaves, 
Polks, Stiths, Daniels, Withers, Eppes, Brodnax, and the 
Cadwallader Jones family, all in their day persons of the 
first respectability, and numbering now one of the largest 
connections in this country. 

Before beginning with this multitude of descendants 
and kindred, let me recall the memory of our Welsh an- 
cestors. It has been said of them that they can look upon 
the Saxons and Danes and Normans as recent intruders. 
They are the ancient Britons who escaped the Roman and 
Saxon conquests, and maintained their freedom, their 
customs and language until the latter part of the 13th 
century, when, after a most frantic and desperate struggle, 
they surrendered to Edward I. The Welsh bards, one 
of whom was Cadwallan, kept alive the spirit of freedom 
and independence by rehearsing in song the heroic 
achievements of their fathers. This influence was so 




Mrs. Gov. W i i, i, i a m s 

{nee Elizabeth Jones) 

From Photograph of Miniature 




Eppes 



great that the King ordered these minstrels to be massa- 
cred wherever found. I hope that those who inherit the 
blood of these ancient Britons may also inherit their spirit 
of independence, their love of liberty and their heroism to 
maintain it. 

Robert Cobb, son of Isaac, m. 9th February, 171 2, 
Rebecca, daughter of William Pinkithman (Virginia His- 
torical Magazine) . She died in 171 5, leaving two daugh- 
ters, Blizaheth and Rebecca. Elizabeth married James 
Shields. In 1718, Robert Cobb m. his second wife, Eliza- 
beth, daughter of Daniel Allen, rector of the Episcopal 
Church and had two daughters, Sarah, who m. Robin 
Jones above mentioned, and Martha, who m. Dudley 
Richardson. Elizabeth survived Robert Cobb and m. 
Samuel Weldon, of Henrico County, Va. His son Sam- 
uel Weldon was delegate to the Convention of 1776, and 
his son Daniel was Commissioner to run the boundary 
line of North Carolina. The town of Weldon was 
named for this family. 

Little is known of Robert Cobb or William Pinkithman. 
Bishop Meade mentions them as vestrymen of old Benton 
Church, in the early part of the last century. The law 
required in colonial times that ''the most able and discrete 
persons" should be chosen vestrymen. The entry of the 
marriage of Robert Cobb, 9th February, 171 2, appears in 
his father's Bible printed in 1696. The name Isaac Cobb 
is written in it 1703. 

Robert or Robin Jones and wife, Sarah Cobb, had two 
sons, Allen and Willie, and one daughter, Martha. While 
studying law in London, Robin had become known to 
Lord Granville, who owned large possessions in the colo- 
nies. He now sent his sons, Allen and Willie, to Eton 
College to be educated, and they were put under the 
charge of Lord Granville. These two brothers became 
planters, owning large estates on the Roanoke. 

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Gen. Allen Jones resided at "Mt. Gallant," in North- 
ampton County, at the head of Roanoke Falls. 

Willie Jones lived at ''The Grove," near Halifax. 
These old mansions, grand in their proportions, v^ere the 
homes of abounding hospitality. In this connection, I 
may mention that when John Paul Jones visited Halifax, 
then a young sailor and stranger, he made the acquaint- 
ance of those grand old patriots, Allen and Willie Jones ; 
he v^as a young man but an old tar, with a bold, frank, 
sailor bearing that attracted their attention. He became 
a frequent visitor at their houses, where he was always 
welcome. He soon grew fond of them, and, as a mark of 
his esteem and admiration, he adopted their name, saying 
that if he lived he would make them proud of it. Thus, 
John Paul became Paul Jones — it was his fancy. He 
named his ship the Bon Homme Richard, in compliment 
to Franklin; he named himself Jones, in compliment to 
Allen and Willie Jones. When the first notes of war 
sounded he obtained letters from these brothers to Joseph 
Hewes, member of Congress from North Carolina, and 
through his influence received his first commission in the 
navy. I am now the oldest living descendant of Gen. 
Allen Jones. I remember my aunt, Mrs. Willie Jones, 
who survived her husband many years, and when a boy I 
have heard these facts spoken of in both families. 

Allen and Willie Jones were trusted leaders in the 
struggle for independence, and stood at the front, primus 
inter pares, with Harnet, Harvey, Johnston, Polk, Long, 
Caswell, Iredell, Nash, Hooper, the Ashes and a host of 
others not less patriotic, not less determined to meet op- 
pression at the threshold and maintain in the colonies the 
rights of Englishmen. At the several congreses held in 
North Carolina for the purpose of asserting the rights of 
the colonies and maintaining them, Allen and Willie Jones 
were delegates and prominent members. The first con- 

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gress was held at New Bern, 25th August, 1774. Allen 
Jones was the sole delegate from Northampton ; Nicho- 
las Long and Willie Jones the only delegates from Hali- 
fax. This congress has the distinction of being the first 
ever held in the States without royal authority, and in 
defiance of it. North Carolina had no Patrick Henry to / 
"put the ball of Revolution in motion," but it has the! 
proud claim of being the first of the colonies to move inj 
its congress for Independence, and forming alliances, 
reserving to this colony the sole and exclusive right of 
forming a Constitution and laws for the "Colony." Allen 
and Willie Jones were on the committee that reported this 
bold resolution. At the congress the colony entered upon 
military organization. Nicholas Long was elected Colo- 
nel of a battalion of minute men for the District of Hali- 
fax; Allen Jones was chosen Brigadier General for 
Halifax District, with John Ashe, Vail, Caswell, Perron 
and Rutherford for the five other districts. Willie Jones 
was appointed chairman of the committee of safety for the 
whole colony, which office was virtually making him 
Governor, as Gov. Martin had fled the colony. Nicholas 
Long was appointed Commissary General for all the 
forces of the colony, and later on was made Deputy 
Quartermaster for the southern division. 

As I have said, Allen and Willie Jones were well edu- 
cated at Eton, "the nursery of the gentlemen of England." 
It was said of Willie that he could draw a bill in better 
language than any other man of his day. They differed 
in political opinions ; Allen was a Federalist, his brother 
a Democrat, called at that time Republican. The Repub- 
licans of to-day assume the name once so illustrious, but 
hold to the doctrines of Federalists, without the virtues of 
that respectable old party. 

In 1779, Allen Jones was sent delegate to the Conti- 
nental Congress at Philadelphia ; he was succeeded by his 

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brother Willie in 1780. On the 21st July, 1788, a con- 
vention composed of the ablest men of the State met at 
Hillsboro to consider the Federal Constitution. 

On the third day of the session, President Samuel 
Johnstone, then Governor, laid before the convention an 
official copy of the Constitution. Willie Jones at once 
moved that the question on the Constitution be taken 
without debate and be put immediately, saying he had 
read the document and had made up his mind and was 
prepared to vote, and he supposed every other gentleman 
had done the same. Iredell, Davie and Samuel John- 
stone opposed the motion with great force. He was 
finally induced to withdraw the motion, and a protracted 
debate followed, but "the learning of Iredell, the elo- 
quence of Davie and intellectual power of Johnstone" was 
of no avail. The Constitution, under the leadership of 
Willie Jones — illustrious tribune of the people — was 
rejected by a vote of 184 to 84. He was ably supported 
by Gen. McDowell, Judge Spencer and Rev. David Cald- 
well. By the action of the convention the State remained 
out of the Union until November, 1789, when the Con- 
stitution was adopted at Fayetteville. 

In 1787, Willie Jones was elected delegate to the con- 
vention at Philadelphia, which formed the Constitution of 
the United States ; he declined to serve because he feared 
that a national government would destroy the independ- 
ence of the States ; Hugh Williamson was elected in his 
place. Patrick Henry, it is known, declined to serve in 
that convention for the same reason. The situation of 
the South to-day, crushed by the national government, 
shows the wisdom of their opinions. To the convention 
of 1 2th November, 1776, Allen and Willie Jones were 
delegates, and were both members of the committee which 
reported the Bill of Rights and Constitution of the State 
adopted at that congress. 

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Gen. Ai.i,en Jones 

Fioni Etching in History of Continental Congress 



State records 1776-90, pp. XII., XIV., show that 
the convention in the fall of 1776 sent a brigade to South 
Carolina, under command of Gen. Allen Jones. They 
were embodied September 10, 1776, and were to go out of 
service September 10, 1777. This brigade was for de- 
fense of Charleston, then threatened with another attack. 
On reaching Camden, it was found that the design had 
been abandoned, so the brigade returned home after three 
months' service. His brig^ade was in the battle of Guil- 
ford commanded by Gen. Thomas Eaton, Gen. Jones 
being unable to be present from sickness. 

Gen. Allen Jones, born December 24, 1739, m. ist, 
Mary Haynes, January 21, 1762. They had three 
daughters : 

I. Sarah, b. September 23, 1762, m. Gen. Wm. R. Davie. 

II. Martha Cobb or Cobbs, b. September 12, 1764, in. ist, 

James W. Green, of Newbern; 2d, Judge John Sit- 
greaves, of N^ew Bern ; 3d, Dr. Thomas Hall, of Wil- 
mington, N. C. 

III. Mary b. March 30, 1766, ///. Gen. Thomas Eaton. 
His first wife was Anna Bland, daughter of Theo- 
doric Bland and wife, Frances Boiling, a descendant 
of Pocahontas. 

THE HAYNES FAMILY 

This was an old English family of distinction. The 
first ancestor known to us was Thomas Haynes, born early 
in the 17th century, died 19th May, 1718. His son 
Thomas Haynes, Jr., born in London, 1686, m. 2d Febru- 
ary, 1708, Martha Jones, daughter of Herbert and Eliza- 
beth Jones. They were of the Parish of St. Dunstan, 
Stepney, in the church yard of which the family are 
buried. In the aisles of Stepney Church St. Dunstans, 
are stone tablets in memory of the Haynes, much worn 



and defaced by time. This family were adherents of 
Charles L, and sought refuge in Holland in the days 
of Cromwell, about 1700.' Two brothers, Isaac and 
Thomas, came from Amsterdam to this country and set- 
tled in Botetort, Va., from them the family here are de- 
scended. 

■Thomas Hayncs, Jr., and wife Martha, of Roanoke, 
had issue ten children : 

I. Herbert, h. 1709. 

II. Anthony, h. 171 1, ni. Jane Eaton; they had one son, 

Baton, delegate from Northampton County to Con- 
gress, 1776. 
V. Andrew, h. 17 18, m. Anne Eaton, 1745, sister of Jane 
and Gen. Thomas Eaton, and of Mary Eaton, second 
wife of Robin Jones. This Andrew Haynes and 
wife Anne had issue: 

1. Anthony. 

2. Thomas, b. 1749, m. Frances Stith, daughter 
of William and Katherine Stith. 

3. Mary, m. Maj. John Daves of the Continental 
Army ; &. 1751. Their son John Pugh Daves, b. 
1789, m. Elizabeth B. Graham, of New Bern, 
1830, and were the parents of Maj. Graham 
Daves, of New Bern, N. C. 

VIII. Mary, b. 1725, m. Gen. Allen Jones, as above men- 
tioned. 

Gen. Thomas Eaton m. 2d, Mary, daughter of Gen. 
Allen Jones, b. March 30, 1766, and had issue Mary Allen, 
who m. her cousin Eaton Pugh, son of Rev. John Pugh 
and wife Anne Eaton Haynes, her 2d husband. These 
Eatons were children of William Eaton and wife Mary 
Rives, of Granville, N. C. 

Jane Eaton, wife of Anthony Haynes, survived her hus- 
band and married Col. Nathaniel Edwards, of Brunswick 
County, Va., Burgess from that county and Deputy Sec- 

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retary of the Colony 1770. Their daughter, Rebecca Bd- 
zvards, married Gen. Allen Jones, 3d September, 1768, his 
2d wife. They had one child, Rebecca Edwards, who m. 
Lunsford Long. 

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THE EDWARDS FAMILY 

John Bdzvards, of Brunswick County, Va., died 171 3. 
From his will it appears he had sons, John, William, Na- 
thaniel and Benjamin; daughters, Mary and Sarah, to 
whom he left his estate with legacies to his cousins, 
Thomas, William and John Edwards. 

Col. Nathaniel Bdzvards died 1771, leaving his widow 
Jane and sons, Isaac and William; daughters, Mrs. Mary 
Ridley, Mrs. Blisaheth Willis, Mrs. Rebecca Jones and 
Anne and Sarah Bdzvards. He gave legacies to his wife's 
children by her ist husband, Anthony Haynes — all of 
which appears from his will, proven 22d July, 1771. 

Hon. Wei don N. Bdzvards, M. C. from Warren Dis- 
trict, State Senator, delegate to the Convention of 1835, 
was for a long time a leading Democrat in North Caro- 
lina ; he was son of Benjamin Edwards. 

Isaac Bdzvards was member with Abner Nash for New 
Bern, of the Provincial Congress in August, 1774, the first 
Congress that met in defiance of Royal authority. He 
was elected by the Congress that met April, 1775, but died 
before the meeting (Colonial Records of North Carolina, 
vol. IX., pp. 1 196). He was Secretary to Gov. Tryon 
and Deputy Auditor of the province during the adminis- 
tration of Gov. Martin, but his sympathies were evidently 
with the Colonies. He m. Mary Cornell, daughter of 
Samuel Cornell, member of Tryon's Council and a Royal- 
ist. Cornell moved to New York, where he left many 
descendants, among them the LeRoys, Clarksons and 
Bayards of that State. Isaac Edwards and wife Mary 

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had two daughters, Susan, who m. Wm. Wallace, and Re- 
becca, who m. David A. Ogden, of New York. Their 
daughter Sarah m. Charles R. Codman, of Massachusetts. 
Suky Cornell, daughter of Samuel Cornell, m. a. LeRoy ; 
their daughter was 2d wife of Daniel Webster. In 
McRee's Life of Iredell it is said: ''Sir Alex. Duckinfield 
in a letter to Judge Iredell says, 'How is Miss Suky Cor- 
nell? I saw Mrs. Gilchrist (Martha Jones) in Liverpool, 
who told me that her brother Willie Jones had paid his 
addresses to her, but her father had said he never would 
consent to his daughter's marriage with any person who 
would risque a fortune on a horse race ; upon which he 
very properly and spiritedly declined any further solicita- 
tion, saying, as it was his favorite amusement, he would 
not be under any engagement to release it before mar- 
riage, but if it had afterwards happened that his wife 
should wish it as a favor, he would submit to anything for 
her satisfaction.' " 

Willie Jones m. 1776, Mary Mumford, daughter of 
Joseph Mumford, of Virginia, and wife Priscilla Hill. 
This Joseph was son of Robert Mumford and wife Anne, 
daughter of Richard Bland. A tradition in the family is, 
that the name was Montford and the blood that of the 
Earl of Leicester. Priscilla Hill was daughter of Col. 
Ben Hill, of Bertie, b. 1697, Burgess for Bertie, 1737; he 
was distinguished as a leader in the contest between Al- 
bemarle and Bath Counties. Col. Hill had three daugh- 
ters : 

1. Sarah, m. Alex. McCuUock. 

2. Priscilla, m. Joseph Munton. 

3. Mary, in. Hon. John Campbell. Elizabeth, sister of 
Mrs. Willie Jones, m. John Baptista Ashe, b. 1748, s6n 
of Gov. Samuel Ashe. 

Willie Jones died 1822, and is buried at his summer 



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residence near Raleigh, N. C. His wife died 1828. They 
had issue: ' 

I. Anne Maria, m. Joseph B. Littlejohn. 

II. Sally, m. Gov. Hutchings Burton. 

III. Patsey, m. Hon. John Wayles Eppes, M. C. 

IV. Robert Allen and Willie died single. 

HI. Martha Jones, m. Thomas Gilchrist, and had issue, 
Griselda, who m. Col. Wni. Polk, of Raleigh, N. C. 

I. Joseph B. Littlejohn and wife Anne Maria had issue : 

1. Mary, m. Lewis Williamson, of Tennessee. 
Their daughter, Sally, m. C. C. Cheny. 

2. Gen. Joseph Littlejohn, of Franklin County. 

II. Gov. Burton and wife Sally had issue : 

1. Robert A., m. Miss Hilliard ; their only child, 
Elizabeth, m. Mr. Wiggins. 

2. Mary, m. W. W. Allston, of Texas. 

3. Martha, m. Jas. Williams. 

4. Sally, m. Lunsford Long, son of Lemuel. 

III. John Wayles Bppes and wife Patsey had issue: 

1. Dr. Willie J. Bppes, m. ist, Ann Cox, of Eden- 
ton, N. C. ; their daughter m. Dr. Osborn, of 
Virginia. He m. 2d, Tempe Joyner, daughter 
of Andrew Joyner, of Halifax, N. C. Their 
daughter, Tempe, m. Henry Gant, of the Balti- 
more Sun. 

2. Mary, m. Phil. Boiling, of Virginia. 

3. Sally, m. Edmund W. Hubard, M. C. from 
Buckingham County, Va. 

4. Bliza and John died unmarried. 

John W. Eppes was a distinguished member of Con- 
gress from the Buckingham District. His first wife was 
daughter of Thomas Jefferson. He and Randolph were 
candidates for Congress. Randolph was advised to 
moderate his language at Buckingham Court House ; in- 
stead thereof he began his speech by saying: *'When I 

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way a boy my mother taught me that the fear of God was 
the beginning of wisdom, since I became a man I have 
found out that the fear of man is the consummation of 
folly" — he was more bitter than ever. 

CoL Nicholas Long, founder of the Long family in 
Halifax, was in his day one of the most important men 
on the Roanoke ; he was a wealthy planter ; his residence 
*'Quanky," near that old borough, had more than a State 
reputation ; it was headquarters in military affairs. When 
Gen. Washington visited the Carolinas, he and his staff 
stopped with Col. Long for several days. He came to 
North Carolina about 1750 from eastern Virginia; was 
probably a son of Gabriel Long. He m. ist, Mary Rey- 
nolds, of Virginia. They had two children; ist, Gabriel, 
who was great-grand-father of Dr. Geo. G. Thomas, of 
Wilmington ; 2d, Anne, who in. Wm. Martin, of Halifax. 
They had, among other children, Susan, wh& m. Kemp 
Plummer, of Warren County, member of Assembly 1794, 
Senator 1815. Their daughter, Lucy, m. Wm. H. Battle, 
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of North Caro- 
lina. His son, Kemp Plummer Battle, was formerly 
President of University of North Carolina. 

William Martin, the 2d, m. Betsey Macon, daughter of 
the Hon. Nathaniel Macon, and had three sons, William, 
Nat. and Robert. 

Hon. Nat. Macon m. Hannah Plummer, sister of Kemp 

Plummer. 

Col. Nicholas Long m. 2d., Mary McKinnie, 24 August, 
1 76 1, daughter of John McKinnie. It appears from a 
deed, dated 1751, that he had four children, Barnaby, 
Mary, Patience and Martha (North Carolina Records, 
vol. IV.) 

There were two Barnaby McKinnies, one a member of 
General Assembly of North Carolina from Edgecombe, 
1735, living in Halifax, then a part of the county. There 

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was confided to Mrs. Long a girl named Sarah Richmond, 
daughter of Wm. Richmond, brother-in-law of Sir Pey- 
ton Skipwith. What claim he had on Col. Long or his 
wife we do not know. Richmond was an Englishman ; he 
and his wife died in eastern Virginia. This Sarah Rich- 
mond m. Gabriel Long, son of Col. Nicholas Long. 

Mrs. Ellet, in her "Women of the Revolution," says: 
''The tone of public opinion in Halifax and its neighbor- 
hood was affected in no slight degree by three women, 
who were rendered prominent by the positions of their 
husbands, and by their own talents and example. These 
women were Mrs. \yillie "Jones, Mrs. Allen Jones, and 
Mrs. Nicholas Long. Their husbands were men of culti- 
vated minds and wealth, and high consideration, having 
great influence in public councils, and being zealously de- 
voted to the achievement of independence. The import- 
ance of the principles for which they contended was vin- 
dicated not less imperiously by the conversation and 
patriotic zeal of their wives, than by their own efforts in 
more striking appeals. Col. Nicholas Long was com- 
missary general of all the forces raised in North Carolina, 
and superintended the preparation in work shops (erected 
on his own premises) of implements of war and clothing 
for the soldiers. His wife was a most efficient co-opera- 
tor in this business. She possessed great energy and 
firmness, with mental power of no common order. Her 
praises were the theme of conversation among the old 
officers of the army as long as any were left who had 
known her. She died at about 80 years of age, leaving 
numerous offspring. Her maiden name was McKinnie." 

"Mrs. Allen Jones was Miss Edwards, sister of Isaac 
Edwards, the English Secretary of Gov. Tryon. She had 
the reputation of being the most accomplished woman of 
her day, and was remarkable for the elegance and taste 
shown in all her domestic arrangements. She died shortly 

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after the Revolution, leaving an only daughter, Rebecca 
Bdzvards, who m. Lunsford Long, son of Nicholas Long." 
She was known as the Indian Queen, on account of her 
great beauty ; was particularly remarkable for the beauty 
of her foot and high instep. There is a punch-bowl in the 
museum at Washington's headquarters at Morristown, N. 
J., in a prominent place with this card on it : "A punch- 
bowl owned by Gen. George Washington. It was given 
by him to Mrs. Allen Jones of North Carolina. It was 
highly prized by him and preserved in the family for four 
generations — it was cracked when hiding it from Tarle- 
ton's men." There are also at the same headquarters two 
vases, marked: ''Presented to his friend, Maj. Cadwalla- 
der Jones, by Gen. Lafayette." 

When the army of Cornwallis passed through Halifax 
to Virginia his officers quartered for some days in the 
town. Col. Tarlton was at ''The Grove;" he had been 
wounded in the hand at Cowpens by a sabre cut by Col. 
William Washington. Speaking of Col. Washington, 
Tarlton said he was an illiterate, ignorant fellow, hardly 
able to write his name. "Ah, Colonel," said Mrs. Jones, 
"you ought to know better, for you bear upon your person 
proof that he knows very well how to make his mark." 
On another occasion, to her sister, Mrs. Ashe, at whose 
house Leslie was quartered, Tarlton indulged in the same 
sarcasm, saying he would be happy to see Col. Washing- 
ton, for he had understood he was diminutive and un- 
gainly in person. To which Mrs. Ashe replied : "If you 
had looked behind you. Col. Tarlton, at the battle of Cow- 
pens you would have enjoyed that pleasure." Tarlton in- 
voluntarily, under the excitement of the thrust, put his 
hand on his sword. At the moment Col. Leslie came in, 
observing Tarlton's excitement, asked the cause, which 
being explained, he said: "Say what you please, Mrs. 
Ashe, Col. Tarlton knows better than to insult a lady in 

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my presence. ' Of Mrs. Long there is a story that she 
went to Tarlton, and demanded, in no uncertain way, the 
return of her riding horse, taken by an officer of his staff. 
She so impressed the old, rough soldier that he had the 
horse returned and protection granted her and her hus- 
band. She survived her husband many years ; they are 
buried at ''Quanky." 

I. Nicholas Long, a gallant soldier in the Revolution, was 
in the battles of Camden, Cowpens, and Yorktown. 
He and Maj. Hogg had the celebrated race after 
Tarlton with Col. Wm. Washington. It is related of 
him that two British cavalrymen pursued him. He 
wheeled and sought safety in flight ; they opened fire 
and in their hot pursuit separated. Observing this 
he suddenly turned and dispatched both with his 
sabre in detail. He married Rebecca Hill in 1788 
and moved to Georgia, 
n. Mary Long, m. Bassett Stith, of Virginia, 8th Janu- 
ary, 1790. McKee, in his Life of Judge Iredell, 
says : ''Thomas Iredell visited Halifax July, 1790. A 
letter from him gives a characteristic account of the 
gay and opulent borough. The 'divine Miss Polly 
Long' had just been married to Bassett Stith, a Vir- 
ginia beau. The nuptials were celebrated by twenty- 
two consecutive dinner parties in as many different 
houses ; the dinners being regularly succeeded by 
dances, and all terminated by a grand ball. Miss 
Wallace, an heiress. Miss Hooper and Miss Lucas 
were the belles of the occasion." They had seven 
children : 

1. Maria Stith, m. Joseph I. Daniel, Associate Jus- 
tice Supreme Court. 

2. Martha, in. Hon.. John Reeves Jones Daniel, At- 
torney General and M. C. 1841 to 1851. He 
then moved to Louisiana to plant. Their son, 

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Gen. Junius Daniel, b. 27 January, 1828, was a / 
gallant and distinguished officer, fell at Wilder- 
ness, 13 May, 1864. He m, Ellen, daughter of 
John Long, son of Lemuel. 

3. Mary, m. Edmund B. Freeman, Clerk of the Su- 
preme Court. 

4. Albert and William died single. 

6. Dr. Nicholas Stith, m. Anne Hill. 

7. Virginia, m. Nat. Eaton. 

Mary and Lizzy, daughters of Judge Daniel, m. 
respectively, Gordon and Turner Battle. 
HL Richard H. Long, member of Assembly 1792, m. 
Betsy Pasture, December, 1793. 

IV. Lunsford Long, m. Rebecca Edwards, daughter of 
Gen. Allen Jones, 2d August, 1794. They had two 
daughters ; Rebecca, who m. Col. Cadwallader Jones, 
and Mary, m. Dr. William J. Polk. Their families 
are mentioned elsewhere. 

V. Martha, m. Gen. Wm. Gregory, July, 1802. 

VL George Washington, m. Sarah C. Jones, May, 1802. 

Vn. John Joseph, m. Frances Quintard, 3d March, 1803. 
Their daughter, Frances, m. Edward H. Fisher, of 
Columbia, S. C. They had an only daughter, Julia, 
who m. Wm. K. Bachman, of Columbia, S. C, attor- 
ney at law. He was Captain in the war and did gal- 
lant service throughout the four years. 

VHL Lemuel McKinnie, m. Mary Amis, of Halifax, 23d 
July, 1803. They had six children : 

I. Nicholas Long, m. Emily Kerney. They had 
five children : 

1. Nicholas, m. Sallie Williams. 

2. Bet tie, m. Tucker. 

3. Sallie. 

4. Mary Amis, m. Thomas H. Hill, attorney 
at law. 



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5- Hmily, m. J. T. Gouch. 

2. John Joseph Long, m. Malissa Williams. They 
had two daughters ; Ellen, in. Gen. Junius 
Daniel, heretofore mentioned, and Emily, m. 
Edward Conigland, an eminent attorney. 

3. Maria, died single. 

4. Martha, m. Dr. Bond. 

5. Lemuel McKinnie, died single. 

6. William Lunsford, m. Sallie Burton, daughter 
of Gov. Burton and wife Sally Jones. They 
had five children ; Lunsford, William, Sally, 
Thomas, and Willie Jones Long. 

These brothers, Nicholas, John Joseph, Lemuel, and 
William Lunsford Long, were all prominent and influen- 
tial men. Nicholas owned the Mush Island estate, proba- 
bly the richest island on the Roanoke. 
IV. Lunsford Long, m. Mary Copeland, 1799. They had 
three children : 

1. Maria, m. John Sheppard, of New Bern, moved 
to Florida, and left surviving three daughters, 
Mary, Alice, and Julia. Mary m. Benjamin 
Cheers. They left Benjamin and Octavia 
Cheers, of Florida. Alice m. Lieut. Gibbon, of 
the U. S. Army. Julia m. Petty. 

2. Benjamin Sherrard, m. Elizabeth Browning, of 
Chowan County, and moved to Mississippi ; died, 
leaving Mary, William, Sue, Sherrard, Henry 
and John Long. 

3. Col. William L. Long, of Halifax, who fre- 
quently represented Halifax in the Assembly, 
was appointed Charge d'Affaires to Naples by 
President Taylor, where he died unmarried. 

Patience McKinnie, sister of Mrs. Long, m. John 
Geddy, and had issue, Betsey. Sally m. Wm. Hill, Secre- 
tary of State; Martha m. John Marshall, of Raleigh; 

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Mary m. — Gllmore ; Nancy m. Dr. I^enner, of Halifax. 

William Hill and wife Sally had issue : Bliza and 
Louisa; Dr. William Hill, of Raleigh ; Maria, m. Dr. 
Thomas Bragg, of Petersburg; Cynthia, m. Rufus Pope. 

John Marshall and wife Martha had issue : BHsa, m. 
1st, William Hill, of Wilmington, brother of Joe Hill, and 
had Rosa, who in. Thomas Ashe ; Anna, m. Dr. Nicholas 
Stith ; Mrs. Eliza Plill m. 2d, Peter Lomesures ; their 
daughter m. Charles Waddell. 

Hau^ax 

It was here that the Declaration of Independence was 
first read in North Carolina. It reached Halifax on 22d 
July. The committee of safety appointed ist day of Au- 
gust for the formal reading of that paper. At noon Cor- 
nelius Harnett, that grand old patriot, ascended the ros- 
trum at the Court House door, and amid the roar of 
cannon and the shouts of the assembled multitude, read 
the Declaration and proclaimed the Colonies were, and of 
right ought to be, Free and Independent States. 

THE POLK FAMILY 

This family of heroes for four generations in North 
Carolina and Tennessee, are of Scotch-Irish descent. 
They are of very ancient lineage, tracing the family back 
to Fulbert, A. D. 1075. Petrius, the son of Fulbert, as- 
sumed as a surname (which at this time, 1153, became in 
use) instead of a patronymic, the name of his great here- 
ditary lands of PoUok. From him was descended Sir 
Robert Pollok. In the time of James VI. and I. of Eng- 
land, he moved to Ulster, Ireland, with a colony of Pro- 
testants. His son, Robert Bruce Pollok, emigrated to 
America, at the time of his father's death. He was an 
officer in Cromwell's army and was married to Madaline 

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[^sker. They settled in Somerset County, Md., in 1686. 
Their old home still stands, and in it still ticks away the 
tall clock they brought from Londonderry ; there also is 
an old mahogany liquor case, that contained fifteen square 
bottles holding two and a half gallons each. They brought 
from Ireland the old family Bible, containing records of 
births and deaths. It was stained by the weather from 
being hid in a tree. When it was read, one of the family 
would stand guard to warn the worshippers of the ap- 
proach of Papists. This was after the Restoration. 
Robert Bruce Pollok is said to have been an Elder in old 
Rehoboth Church, that claims to be the oldest Presbyte- 
rian church in America. His great-grand-son, Thomas 
Polk, born in Pennsylvania, moved to Mecklenburg, N. 
C, in 1753, was a member of the Provincial Assembly, 
1769. He was Colonel of the North Carolina Continental 
troops and rose to be General during the war. It is well 
known that he was prominent in rousing the people to 
make the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, and 
that he read that famous paper from the Court House 
steps to the assembled multitude. A Scotch soldier is re- 
ported to have claimed that ''Auld Tam Polk declared 
independence lang before anybody else." His son. Col. 
Win. Polk, of Raleigh, N. C, was born in Mecklenburg, 
9th July, 1758. He entered the service at the age of 16, 
and vv^as appointed Major of the 9th Regiment North 
Carolina Continental Battalion, November, 1776, when 18 
years of age. At one time he followed the fortunes of 
Marion and Sumter, and was aide to Caswell at Camden. 
He was distinguished for gallantry throughout the war. 
At Eutaw his horse was killed under him, and at the same 
time his brother fell. At Brandywine he was shot through 
the shoulder and at Germantown through the mouth. 
Here he became known as "the young officer who caught 
British bullets in his teeth/' In a hand to hand fight 

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with a British cavalryman he is reported to have said : ''I 
parried his thrust, and with a blow of my sabre, split him 
like a cabbage head." He was appointed General in the 
United States Army in 1812. This he declined on account 
of age and infirmities. He represented Mecklenburg 
from 1789 to 1 79 1. Was nominated by Washington, and 
confirmed by United States Senate, Supervisor of Internal 
Revenue for North Carolina, which office he held for 17 
years. He was one of the commissioners to receive Lafay- 
ette for North Carolina, in 1824, and was a member of the 
Order of the Cincinnati. He died 14 January, 1834. 

He married ist, Griselda, daughter of Thomas Gil- 
christ and wife, Martha Jones. They had two sons, Gen. 
Thoinas Gilchrist Polk and Dr. William Junius Polk. 
Gen. Thomas G. Polk m. Mary Trotter, of Salisbury, and 
had among other children Jane, who m. Dr. Bochell, and 
Mary, who m. Hon. George Davis, United States Senator. 
Gen. Polk frequently represented Mecklenburg County 
in the Senate. 

Dr. William J. Polk, born at Charlotte, N. C, ist June, 
1793, m. 1st June, 18 18, his cousin, Mary R. A. Long, h. 
loth March 1797, daughter of Lunsford Long and wife, 
Rebecca Edwards Jones. 

Col. William Polk, m. 2d, Sarah, daughter of Phile- 
mon Hawkins, and had issue : 

Lucius Junius. 

Leonidas, Bishop of Louisiana and General in Confed- 
erate Army. 

Mary, m. Hon. George E. Badger. 

George W., m. Sallie Hilliard. 

Rufus K., m. Sarah Jackson. 

Alexander Hamilton. 

Andreiv Jackson, m. Rebecca Van Leer. 

Their daughter, Antoinette, w.the Marquis de Charette, 
a descendant of the house of Bourbon, and lives in Paris. 

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Susan, m. Hon, Kenneth Rayner. 

Leonidas Polk, the Bishop General, graduated at West 
Point. Just before graduating he studied for the min- 
istry ; his father was displeased at this. His old friend, 
Senator Butler, asked him where his son was stationed. 
''Stationed! Why, by thunder, sir, he is over there at 
Alexandria in the Seminary." The same exalted prin- 
ciples that caused him to leave West Point for the church, 
led him, when the war was on, to change the mitre for a 
sword. He believed the liberties of his country were at 
stake and that it was his duty to fight. In an artillery 
duel across the Mississippi a gun burst near the General. 
One private was thrown at the feet of the Bishop. ''Ain't 
that hell," said the fellow as he rose. "Well," said the 
Bishop, "it smells like it." President Polk was grand- 
son of Erskin Polk, brother of Col. Thomas Polk. He 
left no issue. 

Dr. William J. Polk and wife, Mary R. A. Long, had 
issue : 

I. Griselda Gilchrist, b. at "Mt. Gallant," 8 March, 
1819. 

n. Allen J., b. 5 March, 1824. 

HI. Thomas G., b. 5 December, 1825. 

IV. Mary Jones, b. 28 November, 1830. 

V. Lucius Eugene, b. 10 July, 1833. 

VI. Cadzvallader Jones, b. 10 October, 1839. 

VII. Rufus, b. 30 July, 1843. 

These five brothers all served with distinction in the 
Confederate Army. When General Buel passed through 
Columbia, Tenn., he offered protection to Mrs. Polk, their 
mother, but with spirit and bravery she declined it, saying, 
"My sons are in the Confederate Army, I cannot accept 
Federal protection." This gallant mother was well rep- 
resented in the army as follows by her sons : 

II. Allen Jones, aide to Bishop Polk. 

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III. Thomas G., aide to General Tappans. 

V. Lucius Eugene ; he entered the service as a private, 
rose to be a Brigadier General, one of the youngest in the 
service. He commanded a division of Cleburn's Corps at 
Chickamauga. The honors of victory at this battle were 
very much due to his gallantry and military genius. At 
Ringold Gap he repulsed with great slaughter the heroes 
of Lookout Mountain. At Kenesaw Mountain his leg 
was broken, being the last of many wounds received. 
Maj. Gen. Pat. Cleburn, in his report of Chickamauga, 
says : "I have already called attention to the gallant con- 
duct of General L. E. Polk, but it is due to him and the 
country which wishes to appreciate its faithful servants to 
say, that to the intrepidity and stern determination of pur- 
pose of himself and men I was principally indebted for 
the success of the charge on Sunday, which drove the 
enemy from their breastworks and gave us the victory." 

VL Cadwallader Jones rose to be Colonel. He was 
with Jackson the first year of the war, was afterwards in 
the Western Army. He was in many battles and always 
gallant. At Prairie Grove he was shot, and left for dead 
on the field. 

Vn. Rufus, the youngest brother, was in the Western 
Army and rose to be Captain. 

L Griselda, ni. Judge Russell Houston. She is now liv- 
ing in Louisville, Ky. Issue : 

1. Mary Russell, m. Lytic Buchanan, of Louis- 
ville, Ky. 

2. Allen, m. Mattie Belle Shreve, and has children, 
Russell, Belle, and Alien. 

3. Lucia Eugene, m. George H. Hall, of New 
York. They have children, Zelda, George Rus- 
sell, Lytle, and Lucia. 

4. Blise, m. J. L. Ferrell, of Germantown, Pa. 

II. Allen J. Polk, of Helena, Ark., m. ist, 1846, Mary 

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Clendening ; their daughter, Mary, m. Frank Hemp- 
hill. He 711. 2d, Anna C. Fitzhugh, of Virginia, i6 
June, 1859. Issue: 

1. Susan, m. S. W. Keesee. 

2. Anna Lee, m. L. A. Pepper. 

3. Griselda, m. D. S. Hargraves, 12 November, 
1890. 

4. Robin ap Allen. 

III. Dr. Thomas G. Polk, m. Livinia Woods, of the 
Dancy family. North Carolina. Issue: 

1. Mary, m. William Littlejohn, of Decatur, Ala.. 

2. Carry, m. H. S. Hornor, of Helena, Ark. 

3. Zelda, m. H. R. Sterling. 

4. William J., m. Euola Greenleaf. 

IV. Mary Jones, m. Joseph Branch, of North Carolina. 
Issue : 

1. Minnie, m. Dr. Charles Winn. 

2. Laurence. 

3. Lticia, m. William Howard. 

4. Joseph Gerald. 

V. Gen. Lucius Eugene, m. Sallie M. Polk, only child of 

his uncle Rufus K. Polk. Issue : 

1. Rufus, m. Isabella Grier. 

2. Rebecca, m. Scott Harlan. 

3. Lucius B. 

4. William. 

5. James Knox. 

VI. Col. Cadzvallader Jones, m. Carrie Lowry, of Louisi- 
ana. Issue : 

1. William J., m. Lulu Donnell. 

2. Annie I., m. Christopher Agee. 

3. Nina, m. William Coolidge. 

4. Walter. 

5. Cadwallader. 

6. Bdwin Moore. 

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VII. Capt. Rufus, m. Cynthia Martin. Issue : 

1. Liichis Eugene. 

2. Rufus. 

3. Julius. 

4. Charles Martin. 

Gen. Wiluam R. Davie 

The fame and career of Gen. Davie need not be dwelt 
upon here. As warrior, orator and statesman he bears a 
national reputation. He m. Sarah Jones, 1783 ; after her 
death he moved to his large estate at Landsford, S. C., in 
1805, where he died 1820, at the age of 64. Issue : 

I. Hyder Ali, m. Elizabeth Jones, of Northampton 

County, N. C. They had one child, Julia, who m. 
Richard Stobo Bedon, 30th, December, 1830. 

II. Maj. Allen Jones Davie, m. ist Mary Wall, and had 

two sons, William R., who ni. Miss McKinsie, and 
Allen J., who moved west. Maj. A. J. Davie, m. 2d, 
Rosa Norwood, of Halifax, N. C. They had Sally, 
m. Bolivar DeSaussure. Issue : Julia, Rosa, Oc- 
tavia, Thomas (these all moved west), and Mary 
Frazer, who m. Gen. Edward McCrady, of Charles- 
ton, S. C. 

III. Sarah, m. William F. DeSaussure, of Columbia, S. 
C. Issue : 

1. Ella, m. Henry Burroughs. She died 9th June, 
1895, aged 82. 

2. Sarah, m. Col. Hamilton Boykin. 

3. Col. William D. DeSaussure, m. Sarah Ravenel. 
He was the hero of two wars, was Captain in the 
famous Palmetto Regiment and Colonel of 13th 
Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, in Con- 
federate War; he fell at Gettysburg, gallantly 
leading the charge. 

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4- Mary, m. Col. William Bull, and had issue, 

Henry, Rebecca, DeSaussure and Sarah. 
5. Bolivar, m. Sally Davie. 

IV. Rebecca, m. Dr. Churchill Jones, of Lancaster, S. C, 
his 2d wife. Issue : 

1. Mary. 

2. Sally, m. Frederick Frazer, of Charleston, and 
had issue, Mary, Bmily and Frederick. 

3. Churchill. 

V. Mary Davie, m. John Crocket. 

VI. Col. Frederick William Davie, m. ist, Octavia De- 
Saussure ; 2d, Mary Frazer — no issue. 

I. Henry Burroughs and wife Ella had issue : 

1. Sally Davie, in. Dr. Alfred Wallace. 

2. Lilly, m. Frank Trenholm. < ^ 

3. Catherine, m. Laurence Taylor. ^ 

4. Blla, m. James Morris Morgan ; their 
daughter, Helen, m. Daniel H. Wallace. 

2. Col. Hamilton Boykin and wife Sarah had issue : 

1. Mary, m. Maj. Edward Cantey. 

2. Hamilton, m. ist. Miss Richardson; 2d, 
Julia Manning. 

3. Blla, m. Brown Manning. 

4. Burwell, m. Mary Deas Manning. 

5. Blias Miller, m. Lulu Cook, of Virginia. 

6. Allen, m. Bessie Courtney. 

7. William, m. Lucy Shannon. 

8. Lemuel Whitaker, m. Ellen Cantey. 

Dr. Wm. R. Davie, son of Allen, m. Sarah McKinsie ; 
he was heir to the Landsford estate by will of his grand- 
father. He died in Alabama, leaving two sons, Col. Wil- 
liam R. Davie and Allen; the latter died unmarried; he 
left also daughters. Col. William R. Davie m. Henrietta 
Wortham, and has two sons, William R. and Richard. 
Col. Richard Stobo Bedon and wife Julia had issue. 

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1. Capt. Josiah, m. Mary McClure, of Chester. He 
fell in the War between the States, leaving a daughter, 
Alice, who m. P. B. Fishburn, and a son, Josiah. 

2. Hyder Davie, m. Rosa Easton. 

3. William, a surgeon in Confederate army. 

4. Julia, m. Col. Allen C. Izard. 

5. Sally Boykin, m. James B. Heyward. 

6. Jane, m. Col. Stobo Farrow. 

7. Archibald Stobo. 

8. Richard. 

Col. Richard Bedon was a planter in Colleton County ; 
represented his county in the Senate and House, died 
1890, at 81 years of age. 

THE GREEN FAMILY 

The first of the family in this country was John Green, 
son of Peter of Ainsley Hall, England ; he came to Provi- 
dence, R. I., in the ship James, ist April, 1635, returned to 
London, 1644, to negotiate for Narraganset. He was 
associated with Roger Williams at Salem, and embraced 
with him extreme Puritan views. It appears from the 
''Massachusetts Records" that he was fined 100 marks for 
speaking contemptuously of the magistrates, and was 
again fined £20 and forbidden the jurisdiction on pain of 
fine and imprisonment. Roger Williams emigrated 1630, 
and was driven from Salem 1635. 

The next ancestor known of was Farnifold Green, who 
settled in Craven County, N. C, about 1700. It appears 
from Virginia State papers that this Farnifold and others 
in 171 1 petitioned Gov. Spotswood for protection against 
the Indians. 

He was murdered by the Tuscaroras 17 13, leaving a 
son, Farnifold, who died 1759, leaving three sons, James, 
John and Joseph. Among the sons of James was James 

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Green, Jr., who was Clerk of the Colonial Congress for 
several years; he ;//. 1777, Peggy, daughter of Richard 
Cogdell. 

Ernest Green, of Newbern, N. C, Registrar of Deeds, 
is a great-grand-son of Joseph, son of James Green, the 
elder, who died 1788. 

Farnifold Green, the 3d, a lineal descendant of Farni- 
fold the 1st, also lived in Craven County; he m. Holland 
Applewhite. They had one son, James W., who m. 
Martha Cobb, daughter of Gen. Allen Jones, and had 
issue, one son, Maj. Allen J. Green. This James W. 
Green, a Continental officer in the North Carolina line ; 
was Surgeon's Mate, 16 June, 1778, promoted Sur- 
geon, December, 1779; was with Continentals at Charles- 
ton, 1780, and made prisoner at the surrender of 
that city, 12 August, 1780; was exchanged 14 June, 1781. 
6th February, 1782, he was Surgeon of the ist North 
Carolina Continentals, and in the ^'Washington Corres- 
pondence" is mentioned as one of the officers of the war 
who continued to the end thereof. This correspondence is 
in MSS., and may be found in the War Department. The 
North Carolina officers are mentioned in the "University 
Magazine," May, 1894. It appears from the will of 
Farnifold Green, proven March, 1804, that he left his 
grand-son, Allen J. Green, a large tract of land in Craven 
County. Tn the Colonial Records is this record, dated 
January, 1775 : "John Green and John W. Stanly are ap- 
pointed by the committee of Craven County to receive 
subscriptions in corn, peas, pork or money for the relief of 
Boston." 

Maj. Allen Jones Green, h. 14 February, 1783, was left 
an orphan by the death of his father, and was raised at 
"Mt. Gallant" by his grand-father, Gen. Allen Jones. At 
the age of 14 he was sent to Norfolk to a training ship to 
be educated for the navy. As Past Midshipman he 

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cruised in the Mediterranean with Johnson Blakely, his 
mess-mate, and was in an engagement with the Dey of 
Algiers. He was one of the few men I have ever met 
who could read Shakespeare entertainingly. I shall 
never forget how his family and friends would enjoy his 
reading of the great poet, and of Gil Bias and Don 
Ouixotte. He remained in the navy until engaged to 
be married, when he was informed by his grand-father, 
Gen. Allen Jones, who had charge of his future bride, 
"You must choose between the navy and a wife." He 
was not long in making his choice and married at Halifax 
Lucy Pride Jones, 23 October, 1804, daughter of Maj. 
Cadwallader Jones and wife Mary Pride, of Virginia. 
This intermarriage united the two Jones families before 
mentioned. He died at ''Rose Hill," his residence near 
Landsford, 6th February, 1832. 

Soon thereafter Mrs. Green moved to Columbia, S. C., 
where she died 6th April, 1864. I have heard she was 
beautiful in her youth ; let me add that in character she 
was beautiful in her age. She was born 21st August, 
1790. They had children : 

I. Caroline, b. 23d August, 1805 ; d. 23d September, 181 1. 
H. Mary Cadwallader, b. 8th August, 1808. 
HI. James Blakely, b. 25th December, 1814; d. 14th July, 
1836. 

IV. Cadzvallader ap Allen, b. 8th February, 1814; d. 12th 
September, 1831. 

V. Dr. Allen J., b. January, 1819; d. March, 1879. 

VI. Halcott Pride, b. 7th June, 182 1 ; d. March, 1891. 

VII. Lucy Jones, b. i6th June, 1823; d. November, 1899. 

VIII. Frederick Lafayette, b. 19th August, 1825 ; d. 19th 
May, 1889. 

IX. John Sitgreaves, b. 3d August, 1828 ; d. 7th May, 
1881. 

IL Mary C, in. Walter Izard, son of Henry and Emma 

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Middleton, grand-son of Ralph and Alice De Lan- 
cey, great-grand-son of Ralph and Charlotte Blake. 
Issue : 

1. Walter, m. Sally Goode, of Virginia. 

2. Henry, of Mississippi, Surgeon in Lipscomb's 
Regiment, m. Laura Lipscomb. 

3. Allen Cadwallader, m. Julia Bedon. 

4. Lucy, m. Ed. Barnwell Heyward ; they had one 
son Izard, m. Mary, daughter of Col. Brumby, 
of Georgia, and sister of Lieut. Brumby, of 
Dewey's flagship, the Olympia. 

I. Walter and Sally Izard have three sons, Walter, 
John, and Ralph, of Virginia. 

2. Henry and wife Laura, have George, Henry and 
Irene, all of Mississippi. 

Dr. Walter and Dr. John Izard, of Virginia, are emi- 
nent in their professions. The first m. Anna Sale, the 
other Roberta Johnson. 

3. Col. Allen C. Izard and wife Julia have Julia Davie, 
m. William T. Williams, of Savannah, a descendant of 
Roger Williams ; Mary Green, Alice H., m. John P. Solo- 
mon ; Allen Cadzvallader, m. Florence Behre ; Josephine, 
Mattie, Ruth and DeLancey. 

Col. Allen Izard raised a company in the Confederate 
War ; he rose to be Lieutenant Colonel of his regiment. 

Dr. Allen J. Green m. Sallie Scott. He was Captain of 
the Columbia Artillery on Morris Island ; his was one of 
the batteries that fired on the ''Star of the West." He 
was a private at first Manassas in Kershaw's Brigade, and 
afterwards on his staff. After the war he moved to Ala- 
bama, where he died, leaving six children, Allen /., 
Martha C. and Walter now living, James, Lucy Pride and 
Cadwallader died. 

VII. Halcott Pride Green ni. Virginia Taylor, b. 17th 
August, 1824, d. March 20th, 1885, daughter of Ben- 

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jamin Taylor and wife Sally Coles. They were 
highly distinguished for their Christian virtues ; were 
as one in life and are buried together as one in death. 
They left surviving six children : 

I. Allen J., attorney at law, Columbia, S. C. ; was a 
cadet at the Citadel in 1864; was with them at 
the Tulafinny fight, and wounded by a Minie 
ball in the face. He m. Helen Singleton, 26th 
November, 1868, daughter of Matthew_ Single- 
ton and wife, M. R. Kinloch, daughter of Fred- 
erick Kinloch and Mary Lowndes, a descendant 
of John Rutledge. Matthew Singleton was son 
of Richard Singleton, and Richard was son of 
John Singleton, son of Matthew Singleton, Cap- 
tain under Gen. Marion in the Revolution. 
Issue: 

1. Cleland Singleton. 

2. Walter Taylor. 

3. Helen Singleton. 

H. Sally Coles, ni. i6th February, 1871, Albert Rhett 
Heyward, son of Nathaniel Heyward and wife Eliza 
Smith, a descendant of Landgrave Smith, of North 
Carolina ; the branch of Smiths that settled in South 
Carolina changed their names to Rhett; this Mrs. 
Heyward was a sister of Robert Barnwell Rhett. 
Issue : 

1. Sally Coles, m., 20 April, 1897, E. Scott Doug- 
lass. 

2. Albert Rhett. 

3. Halcott Green. 

4. Nathalie. 

5. Bdniund Rhett. 

6. Nathaniel Barnwell. 

7. Lucy Pride. 

8. Roger Moore. 

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III. Hfea, m. Richard Singleton, brother of Helen Sin- 
gleton, aforesaid. Issue : 

1. Mary Lowndes. 

2. Matthew Richard. 

3. Virginia Taylor. 

4. Lilian. 

5. Lucy Pride. 

6. Eliza. 

7. Martha. 

IV. Caroline, m. William St. Jiilien Jervey, son of Wil- 
liam Jervey and Catherine Stephens. She died in 
1898, leaving two children : 

1. Amaryllis. 

2. Allen Jones. 

VIII. Dr. Frederick L. P. Green, m. Mrs. Colclough, nee 
Guerry. Issue : 

1. Frederick Lafayette. 

2. William Guerry. 

3. Lucy Pride, m. Wilmot G. DeSaussure; died, 
leaving a son, Frederick Green. 

4. Washington, m. George Pringle. 

5. Allen. 

6. Walter. 

VI. Halcott Pride, m. Emma Boylston, and have three 
children : 

1. Margaret DuBose. 

2. Virginia Taylor. 

3. Jessie Ross. 

THE SITGREAVES FAMILY 

John Sitgreaves was appointed Judge of the District 
Court of North Carolina by Washington. He was Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel in the Revolution, was aide to Gov. Cas- 
well at Camden, was member of the Continental Con- 

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gress, 1784, and from 1786 to 1789; died 1802. He m. 
Martha, widow of James W. Green and daughter of Gen. 
Allen Jones. They had two children, Amaryllis, wife of 
F. L. J. Pride, and CoL John Sit greaves, b. May ist, 
1799, d. November, 1868; he was a planter in York 
County, frequently member of Assembly, m. Anna Love, 
of York County. Issue : 

1. John, d. unmarried, 1874. 

2. Amelia, m. Col. C. J. Pride. 

3. Frederick, in. Mattie White. 

4. Osceola, m. Edmonia Broyles. 

5. Junius Alexander, m. Beverley Rudd, daughter of 
Commodore Rudd. He served gallantly as Captain of 
Calhoun Battery, and lost a leg at Appomattox. 

Judge Sitgreaves and his brother were distinguished 
for gallantry. The Judge was said to be very stern in his 
manners. On one occasion Gen. Davie and some friends 
taking tea with him, he said to the children, '*It is time for 
you to be in bed," they marched off instantly. "You 
see," said Mrs. Sitgreaves, *'we have them well trained." 
"Yes," said Davie, "and if he had said, 'Mrs. Sitgreaves, 
it is time to retire, you would have marched, also.' " 

ANCE:sTRAr, Line: 01? the CadwaIvIvAde:r Jones Family 

As before said, the name Jones was originally John. 
Before surnames were adopted in Wales, ap — son of — 
was used. Thus : John ap John, or John's John, then 
Johne's, then Jones. 

An apt illustration may be found in the ancient family 
of the Cadwalladers, of Philadelphia, who trace their 
pedigree to March Wilthian, Lord of Isaleel, about the 
nth century. They never bore the name of Cadwallader 
until it was assumed by Gen. John Cadwallader, emigrat- 
ing ancestor of this family, 1698. 

Thomas ap Hugh, of Wales, had two sons, Cadwalla- 

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der ap Thomas, and John ap Thomas. The first had a 
son named John, who called himself John Cadivallader ; 
John ap Thomas named his son Robert; he callled himself 
Robert Johns, which became Robert Jones. The de- 
scendants of these brothers have borne their different 
names ever since. I am informed by Dr. Charles E. Cad- 
wallader, of Philadelphia, that ''There was a Cadwallader 
Jones who was first cousin to my emigrating ancestor, 
Gen. John Cadwallader, the latter coming to Pennsylva- 
nia in 1698. This Jones, who was engaged in trade with 
the West India Islands, was constantly on the sea, and 
died in one of his voyages, unmarried. He had a brother, 
Robert Jones. They were sons of John ap Thomas, of 
Wales. Gen. John Cadwallader married a daughter of 
Edward Jones, of Wales, who was a connection of John 
ap Thomas." 

We do not know what connection this Cadwallader 
Jones was to our family, but believe it to be intimate, and 
that he was the first owner of my old sword, hereafter to 
be mentioned. We trace this line of the family to Richard 
Jones, who lived in the latter part of the 17th century; 
beyond him the ancestral line can only be traced by their 
arms. The armorial bearings of this family are the 
same as those of Jones or Johns, of Gothkenan, County 
of Denby, Wales (Burke's Heraldry). ''Per bend sinis- 
ter ermine ermines, a lion rampant within a bordure 
engrailed, or. Crest., a lion's head erased, per pale, ar. and 



sa." 



This coat of arms ages ago was quartered on that of one 
of the Welsh kings, and was the arms of his mother. 
They are engraved upon the hilt of a sword now in my 
possession, which descended to my grand-father, Maj. 
Cadwallader Jones, from his Welsh ancestors ; the hilt 
has no crest — they were not used, I am informed, until 
the time of Edward III. The devices on the hilt, to wit : 

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the helmet, the halberd, garter, javelin and battle-axe, 
show its antiquity. It is marked C. J., denoting the first 
owner. 

We turn now to known ancestors, and trace the direct 
pedigree of this line to Richard Jones. He was of Welsh 
extraction, m. Lady Jeffries, of the manor of Ley, and 
settled in Devonshire, England ; had been a merchant of 
London. They had five sons, Cadzvallader, William, 
Richard, Ahram, and Frederick. 

The four first came to Virginia at an early period of the 
settlement of that colony, leaving Frederick, the young-, 
est, with his parents in England. Cadwallader, the eld- 
est, and, as such, heir to the Lordship and manor, sold 
his inheritance to Sir Robert Knights, Alderman of Lon- 
don, by deed dated Rappahanock City, 1681 (Virginia 
Historical Magazine). He was Lieutenant-Colonel of 
Stafford's Militia, 1680; Governor of New Province, in 
the Bahamas, 1689-92. He left one son, Frederick. 
While Governor in the Bahamas, grave charges were 
made against him, and he was recalled, 1692. Nicholas 
Trott was appointed in his place. He remained Governor 
until 1697. Similar charges were made against him, 
causing his removal ; he was a man of great legal ability, - 
was Attorney General of South Carolina 1698, and Chief 
Justice 1 71 2. 

Abram Jones, who died prior to 1639 (Henrico 
papers), was the next ancestor. He had, among other 
children, Thomas, Maj. Peter, and Ahram. This Abram, 
the next ancestor, had Capt. Peter Jones, who m. his 
cousin Mary, daughter of Maj. Peter Jones and wife, 
Mary Wood, daughter of Gen. Abram Wood (Henrico 
papers). Deed 1697, from Peter Jones, son of Abram 
Jones ; also power of attorney from Mary, wife of Peter 
Jones. Issue : 
I. Frederick, b. 4th December, 17 19. 

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II. William, h. 25 March, 1725. 

III. Cadwallader, b. ly June, 1728. 

IV. Peter, b. 25 August, 173 1. 

This Frederick Jones m. Betsey Eppes, both of 
Prince George, Virginia. Issue : 

1. Frederick of Dinwiddy. 

2. Maj. Cadzvallader, of Prince George. 

3. Nancy, m. Thomas Brodnax, of Virginia. 

4. Sarah, m. Wm. E. Brodnax, of Virginia. 

5. Martha, m. Augustine Claiborne. They had 
one son, Cadwallader, who moved to Tennessee, 
and died 1796. 

Before proceeding with the pedigree, we will say a 
word of the men just mentioned. Gen. Abram Wood 
was an important man in his day ; he represented Appa- 
matuche County, as it was then called, i644-'45-'46 and 
'56, and was one of the State Council, 1637. Wood 
Church, near Petersburg, was named for him and is older 
than old Blandford. 

In the 17th century, about 1675, Maj. Peter Jones was 
, appointed Captain of a company organized for defence 
against the Indians ; he was stationed at Fort Henry, on 
the land on which Petersburg now stands, which was then 
owned by Gen. Abram Wood. It appears that the city 
was named for this Maj. Peter Jones ; he died 1728. The 
city was founded by Capt. Peter Jones and his cousins, 
Abram and Thomas Jones, sons, respectively, of Maj. 
Peter and Thomas Jones. The three founders of the 
city were all grand-sons of Gen. Wood. This Thomas 
Jones m. Margaret, daughter of Gen. Wood ; in 1663 she 
m. Thomas Cocke, of Malvern Hill. 

Col- William Byrd gives a spirited account of his 
famous journey to the "Land of Eden" in 1733. He 
says: "The company met for breakfast at Maj. Mum- 
ford's ; it consisted of seventeen men — of these, three 

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were Indians, and three negroes — twenty horses and two 
dogs. Among the men, he says, were Maj. Mumford, 
Maj. Mayo, Capt. Peter Jones and Robert Boiling, all 
well-known citizens and able foresters. After the Major 
had cleared his pipes, he made a shift to truss up his 
baggage about 9 o'clock. Near the same hour, my old 
friend and fellow-traveler, Peter Jones, came to us com- 
pletely accoutred. Then we fortified ourselves with a 
beefsteak, kissed our landlady for good luck, and mounted, 
about 10 o'clock. Tom Short had promised to attend us, 
but had married a wife and could not come. We crossed 
Thatcher's Run, Grantly Run, Stony Creek, and in twenty 
miles reached Sappony Chapel, where Mr. Bannister 
joined us. Thus agreeably reinforced, we proceeded ten 
miles further to Maj. Embrey's, on the south side of Not- 
toway. The Major was ill of a purging and vomiting, 
attended with fever, which had brought him low, but I 
prescribed him a gallon or two of chicken broth, which 
washed him as clean as a gun and quenched his fever. 
Here Maj. Mayo met us well equipped for a march into 
the woods, bringing a surveyor's tent that would have 
sheltered a small troop. Young Tom Jones came and 
made his excuse, but old Tom Jones, by the privilege of 
his age, neither came nor sent. * * * When we got 
home we laid the foundation of two large cities, one at 
Shocco, to be called Richmond, the other at the point of 
Appomattox Run, to be called Petersburg. Thus we did 
not build castles only, but also cities in the air." 

These, it is said, are the first lines ever published in the 
matter of founding those two cities. The idea was first 
conceived by this party. The actual founding of the city 
was done by the Peter Jones and Wood families, who 
owned the land and were its first inhabitants. 

Frederick Jones, of Dinwiddy, b. 1749, m. Susannah 



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Claiborne, b. 175 1, daughter of Augustine Claiborne and 
wife, Mary Herbert. Issue : 

I. Betsey Bppes, m. William Mason, probably ancestor 

of John Y. Mason, who was a relative of the Jones 
family. 

II. Mary Herbert, m. John Withers, of Dinwiddy, b. 

1773. Issue: 

1. Susannah, b. 1798, m. Clement C. Clay, Gover- 
nor of Alabama. These had C. C. Clay, United 
States Senator, Withers, and Hugh Lazvson. 

2. Priscilla, m. William McDowell, of Mobile. 

3. Ann Bliza, m. Dr. Levert. 

4. Mary D., m. 1838, Dr. Robert Withers, of Hale 
County, Ala., son of Thomas Withers and wife, 
Eliza Walker; this Thomas Withers' 2d wife 
was a Miss Timberlake, and cousin of Mary 
Pride, wife of Maj. Cadwallader Jones. 

5. William, m. Miss Hawkins. 

6. Augustus, m. Mary Woodrow. 

7. Jones Withers, Major General Confederate 
Army and Mayor of Mobile, m. Rebecca E. 
Forney, of North Carolina. 

Thomas Withers, above mentioned, was son of William 
Withers and Priscilla Wright, m. 1761. They had a 
daughter, Mary, who m. Roger Atkinson ; their daughter 
Bli^a m. Bishop Lay. Dr. Robert Withers and Mary D., 
who died 7th May, 1898, aged 87, had issue : 

1. Robert, m. ist, Mary Pickens. He m. 2d, the 
widow Burk, nee Josephine Bell, of Virginia; they had 
Robert and Martha. 

2. William. 

3. Mary Herbert, m. Charles Poilnitz. Issue: Mary 
m. Charles Waller; Annie, m. Graham Benners; Stella, 
Charles, Robert, William, Helen, and Henry. 

4. Louisa, m. Horace Brown, of North Carolina. 

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5- Helen, m. William Pickens, who died, leaving an 
only son, William C. 

6. Annie. 

7. Henry, m. Willie Reese. 

The Claiborne family was founded in Virginia by Col. 
William Claiborne, 162 1, a man of great wealth and dis- 
tinction, sent over by James I. as Surveyor or General. 
His son William was distinguished in Bacon's Rebellion. 

The founder of the Eppes family in Virginia was 
Thomas Bppes; he settled at City Point, 1635. Col. 
Francis Eppes, 3d of the name, m., 1724, Sarah Hamlin, 
daughter of Robert Hamlin, Burgess for Prince George 
County, 1 75 1. This Francis and wife Sarah had issue: 

1. Francis, b. 1725, Sergeant-at-Arms from 1752 to 
1776; Delegate, 1770; Colonel 2d Virginia Regiment, 

1777. 

2. Betsey, m. Frederick Jones. 

3. Peter, m. Poythruss. 

4. Hamlin. 

5. Martha, m. Edwards. 

Maj. Cadwallader Jones, of ''Monte Cailoux," Prince 
George, Virginia, h. 1755, d. 1796. At the age of 22 he 
was elected Captain of Third Regiment Light Dragoons, 
raised agreeably to a resolution of Congress, 5th January, 
1777. This regiment was organized 6th February, 1777, 
with George Baylor, Colonel ; William Washington, Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel ; Richard Call, Major. He served with 
this regiment through the war, except when acting as 
Aide-de-Camp to Gen. Lafayette. He was with Lafay- 
ette, ranking as Major, in the memorable campaign of 
1 78 1, was with him at Brandy wine, and at the surrender 
of Cornwallis. 

As a mark of his gallantry, and of the regard which 
Lafayette had for him, he presented him with a Toledo 
blade, which was fixed in the hilt of the old sword above 

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Maj. Cadwai,i,ader Jones 

From Miniature painted in 1790 




Cadwai,lader Jones 




Mrs. A1.1.EN J. Green 
{n^e Lucy Pride Jones) 

From Photograph of Portrait 



alluded lo. Several of these blades were sent to Gen. 
Wash nqton by the King- of Spain, and distributed by him 
to b'.-' 'fficers. On the occasion of the visit of the Mar- 
qu Lafayette to Columbia, S. C, in 1824, Maj. Jones' 

d cer Lucy (Mrs. A. J. Green) attended a reception 

n in his honor and wore on her neck a miniature of 

• father. The Marquis, recognizing the likeness, with 

rench effusion and politeness, leaned forward and sa- 
luted her on both cheeks as the daughter of his old com- 
r ide and friend. 

Maj. Cadwallader Jones m. Mary Pride, daughter of 
Halcott Pride and wife, Mary Briggs, of Virginia. She 
died 1795. They had issue : 

L Frederick Lafayette. 

IL Halcott J. 

in. Cadwallader. 

IV. Lticy. 

I. Frederick Lafayette Jones Pride assumed the name 
of Pride at the request of his uncle, Halcott Briggs Pride. 
He was b. 1784, d. 22d February, 1848, was of distin- 
guished appearance, 6 feet 2 inches, of portly stature, in 
habits and manners a gentleman of the old school, a 
wealthy planter on the Catawba, in Chester County ; resi- 
dence, "Wyoming." He in., 27th June, 1821, Amaryllis 
Sitgreaves, at Halifax. She was mentally gifted, emi- 
nently so in conversation. 

II. Halcott Jones Pride also assumed the name of Pride 
at his uncle's request. He was called Hocky, died un- 
married at the age of 30, leaving his estate to his sister 
Lucy. 

IV. Lncy Pride Jones, wife of Maj. Allen J. Green, &.< 
1790, was left an orphan at the age of 6 years, lived with 
her aunt, Mrs. Lucy Straughn, until her death, when she 
was taken to Mt. Gallant by Gen. Allen Jones. The 
Prides, Greens, Davies and Sitgreaves moved from Hal- 

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ifax to the Catawba, 1813. Gen. Davie had preceded 
them ; he moved 1803. His wife died at Halifax, 1802. 

I. Frederick L. J. Pride and wife had : 

I. Martha Cobb., b. at "Wyoming," April, 1814; »w. 
Dr. Thomas Hunt, of New Orleans. 

2. Halcott J. Pride, b. April 17th, 1817, m. Julia Beck- 
ham, 1859. He died in 1891, leaving- a son Halcott, and 
a daughter Amaryllis, who m. Edgar E. Poag. They 
have two sons, Halcott and Bdgar. 

3. Dr. John Sitgreaves Pride m. Phebe McClure, of 
Chester, 1859; he died 1866, leaving a son, who died 
recently. These brothers were remarkable for their 
genial, social qualities — Dr. "Sit.," a man of infinite jest 
and a skilful physician ; Halcott was a good planter. 

4. Cadwallader J. Pride, United States Commissioner 
for twenty-eight years. Supervisor of Census 1890, and 
for many years postmaster at Rock Hill, &. 15 August, 
1828, m. his cousin Amelia Sitgreaves, 24 April, 1851, 
daughter of Col. John Sitgreaves, a most highly cultured 
and gracious woman. She died 1895. They had issue: 

1. Frederick J., died unmarried. 

2. John Sitgreaves. 

3. Allen DeSaussure. 

4. Cadwallader J., m., 5 July, 1899, Kate C. Rowly, 
daughter of Dr. Rowly, of Greenville, S. C. 

5. Arthur Love, m. Etta Gaines, April, 1892, d. Octo- 
ber, 1892. 

6. Junius Atniore, m., 11 November, 1893, Martha Lil- 
lard. They have children -.Helen Cadwallader and Wil- 
liam. 

7. Anna Ross., m. Dr. William R. Simpson, 14 April, 
1896. 

HI. Col. Cadwallader Jones, of North Carolina, b. at 
"Monte Cailoux," near Petersburg, Va., 1788, d. at his 
residence, "West Hill," Orange County, 5th February, 

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vember, 1810, at ''Mt. Gallant." She was born at 
Halifax, 9th July, 1795, died 19th May, 1881. 

He was educated at the famous Marcus George School, 
Warrenton, N. C., was a student at the University ; left it 
at the age of 17 and joined the navy ; was Midshipman on 
the Chesapeake when attacked by the Leopard, 1807. It 
was Commodore Barron's flagship ; had just started for a 
cruise in the Mediterranean ; was unprepared for action ; 
was disabled and returned to port. The question was the 
right to search for British sailors. He quit the navy and 
joined the United States Army at Halifax ; was appointed 
First Lieutenant Third Regiment, 3d May, 1808, Pasture 
Colonel. The regiment reported to Gen. Wilkinson on 
the Mississippi, where the regiment was decimated by 
disease and formed into one company. On the 12th Au- 
gust, he was made Adjutant of the regiment under Gen. 
Wade Hampton, who succeeded Wilkinson. He remained 
with Hampton until November, 18 10, when he resigned 
to marry. He was a wealthy and successful planter, first 
on the Roanoke, later on he purchased the ''Mt. Gallant" 
place, in York County, S. C, and a valuable plantation on 
the Black Warrior, in Alabama, and was the owner of a 
large number of negroes. From early training he had a 
military bearing, the suavitas in modo, fortitti in re, was 
happily blended in his manner and character. Though 
fitted for service in the affairs of State, he never sought 
position, but gave his life to domestic and social virtues. 

He served on the Board of Internal Improvement 
during the administrations of Burton, Iredell, and 
Owens ; was President of the Roanoke Navigation Co., 
and was for a long time Chairman of the Court of Com- 
mon Pleas and Quarter Sessions, which, under the old 
system, had jurisdiction of all matters save capital felo- 
nies. Mrs. Jones was distinguished for her pure piety, 

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and in all the relations of wife, mother and friend was 
most exemplary. A friend, speaking of her old age, said, 
''Her heart survived all other parts of her worn frame, 
and was warm and living to the last." Issue : 

I. Allen C, h. at Everets, 7th November, 181 1. 

II. Cadwallader, h. at "Mt. Gallant," 17th August, 
1813. 

III. Pride, h. at "Weldon Place," 21 November, 181 5. 

IV. Mary Mumford, h. 6th January, 1818; d in youth. 

V. Rebecca Edwards, b. 10 March, 1820; d. in youth. 

VI. Mary Rebecca, b. at ''Weldon Place," loth No- 
vember, 1823. 

VII. Robin ap C, b. at "West Hill," 18 January, 1826. 

VIII. Maria Octavia, b. 29 October, 1828; d. in youth. 

IX. Sally Rebecca, b. i6th March, 1833. 

X. Frederick William, b. 3d April, 1837; d. in youth. 
I. Col. Allen C. Jones was a wealthy and successful 

planter on the Black Warrior, Hale County, Ala. At the 
first call to arms in the war between the States, he raised 
a company, Greensboro Guards — a noted company — 
Col. George Erwin Second Lieutenant. He was sta- 
tioned at Fort Morgan several months, thence to Pensa- 
cola, where they were formed into a regiment, Robert E. 
Rhodes Colonel, Allen C. Jones Lieutenant-Colonel, John 
T. Morgan Major. This regiment joined Ewell's Bri- 
gade in Virginia. Rhodes was made Brigadier General 
at first Manassas — Jones in command. The regiment was 
disbanded at end of first year, when Col. Jones left the 
service. He was a man of mark in his county and State, 
served in the Legislature, and was a good business man. 
He m., nth June, 1845, Catherine Erwin, daughter of 
Col. John Erwin and wife, Margaret Chadwick. Issue: 
I. Julia Erwin, b. 2d June, 1846; m., 2gth December, 
1870, Thomas Ruffin Roulhac, of Alabama, now an emi- 
nent Judge of that State, son of Joseph Roulhac and wife, 

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Catherine Riiffin, daughter of Chief Justice Ruffin, of 
North CaroHna. They had issue : Kate Brzvin, b. 1 1 No- 
vember, 1871, m., 29th June, 1897, Stocton R. Cook. 
They have a son, Stocton R., b, 13 August, 1898 ; Thomas 
RuMn, Allen Jones, Annie Kirkland and George Brwin 
Roulhac. 

2. Rebecca Long, b. 19 September, 1848, m., May, 
1871, John Nelson. They have issue: Rebecca, Marga- 
ret Brzvin, and John Nelson. 

3. Margaret Chadwick, b. 29 May, 185 1, m., 2 Febru- 
ary, 1871, Alfred Benners, attorney at law, Birmingham, 
Ala. Issue : Aiigustiis, Allen Cadzvallader, Helen Jane, 
and Margaret Benners. 

4. Catherine Brzvin, b. 16 August, 1856, m., 15th Octo- 
ber, 1879, Jotin Randolph. Issue: Sarah Catharine and 
Julia Jones Randolph. 

5. Allen Cadzvallader, b. 25 February, 1859, ^^^v 19 De- 
cember, 1889, Maria Lewis. Issue: Kathleen, John 
Brzvin Jones. 

6. John Brzvin, d. unmarried. 

7. Robin. 

8. Frederick Pride, 4^1., 5 December, 1895, Mary, 
daughter of Dr. Frances Marion Peterson. They have 
Margaret Peterson Jones. 

II. Col. Cadzvallader Jones. He graduated at 19 at 
Chapel Hill, N. C, and in early life commenced the study 
of law and took a prominent part in the public affairs of 
his native State. In 1840 — the Log Cabin campaign — 
when Harrison swept the country, he was returned to the 
General Assembly, being the only Democrat elected from 
the County of Orange. In 1842 he was again returned to 
the Assembly ; at that session was elected Solicitor of the 
Fourth Judicial Circuit, consisting of twelve counties. 
To this office he was twice elected, and was in the service 
of the State either as Solicitor or member of Assembly 

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until he left it in 1856. He moved to South Carolina in 
1857, for the purpose of planting; the war between the 
States coming on, he raised a company, as Captain ; at 
the organization of the Twelfth Regiment, he was made 
Major, then Lieutenant-Colonel, and after the battle of 
Sharpsburg, where the gallant Barnes fell, he rose to be 
Colonel. He was with that regiment in all its battles until 
he resigned from failing health, leaving four sons in the 
field. In 1864 he was elected Senator from York without 
opposition, and in 1865 was a delegate to the convention 
which made a new Constitution for the State. The fate 
of that Senate and Constitution is well known. Carpet- 
baggers took possession of the State. 

He m. Annie Isabella Iredell, 5th January, 1836. She 
was born at Edenton, N. C, loth April, 1816, daughter of 
Governor James Iredell and wife, Frances Johnstone 
Tredwell. After a married life of sixty-one years, save 
one day, she died at Columbia, S. C, 4th January, 1897. 
She was of illustrious parentage, in both this and the old 
country. Her pure piety, her unfailing Christian faith, 
and her life-long devotion to duty, would have orna- 
mented any character, and will be a precious recollection 
to her children. They have placed to her memory in the 
"Church of Our Saviour," at Rock Hill, S. C, a tablet, 
as one of the founders of that parish, "She made the first 
call to service in the name of the church." She left sur- 
viving her nine children, the second, Rebecca Cadwalla- 
der, died in her youth. Issue : 

I. Prances Iredell. 

II. Rebecca Cadzvallader. 

III. Iredell. 

IV. Cadwallader. 

V. Allen 

VI. Johnstone. 
VIL Wilie. 

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VIII. Annie Isabella. 

IX. Halcott Pride. 

X. Helen Iredell. 

I. Prances Iredell, h. 5 February, 1837, m., 14 October, 
1856, George Erwin, son of John Erwin and wife, 
Eliza Margaret Chadwick. Their issue : 

1. John, h. 26 March, 1858, m. Molly Griffin Wil- 
kins, 20 September, 1883. They have George, 
Margaret Adams and Richard Wilkins Erivin. 

2. Annie, h. 6 April, i860, m., 2y December, 1883, 
Alphonse L. Stollenwerck. 

3. Prances, and 4, George, died in infancy. 

5. Margaret, h. 6 April 1865, m. Henry Watson 
Parish, She died 23 November, 1895. Their 
son Henry, b. 9 November, 1892, died in in- 
fancy. Their daughter Annie Brzvin, b. 14 Au- 
gust, 1890, died I November, 1897. 

6. Rebecca Prances, named for her two great- 
grand-mothers, b. 9 September, 1868, m. Madi- 
son Jones, son of Madison Jones and wife. Alice 
McLean. Their issue : Margaret King, Prances 
Iredell, Madison, George Brwin, and Alice. 

7. Ethel, b. 6 November, 1872, m., 29 December, 
1897, Leonidas Bryan Sledge. Their issue : 
Leonidas B. Sledge, b. 6 November, 1898. 

8. Cadwallader, b. 21 July, 1875, rn., 3 February, 
1897, Ida Vernon Seawell, daughter of Charles 
Seawell and wife, Louisa Ravesies, grand- 
daughter of Samuel Strudwick. Charles is 
grand-son of Judge Henry Seawell, of North 
Carolina. 

III. Capt. Iredell Jones, b. 8 February, 1842, at Hills- 
boro, N. C, m., 1st, Ellen, daughter of Governor 
James H. Adams, of South Carolina, 4 November, 
1869. She died 31 August, 1873, aged 27. Issue: 

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1. Lilian, h. 4 August, 1870, m., 28 October, 1896, 
Dr. Frank W. P. Butler, son of Gen. M. C. But- 
ler and wife, Maria, daughter of Governor F. W. 
Pickens, of South Carolina. 

2. Iredell, b. 25 February, 1873. His second wife 
was Laura Ella, daughter of William Preston 
McMahon and Laura Chafee, m., 22 Novem- 
ber, 1882. She died 13 March, 1887, leaving 
Chafee, h. 10 March, 1887. Their first son, 
Willie, b. 12 August, 1885, died 7 January, 1887. 

Capt. Iredell Jones was Second Lieutenant South 
Carolina College Company, and was at the sur- 
render of Fort Sumter, April 12, 1861 ; entered 
Confederate Army as private in Washington 
Light Infantry, June, 1861, and was wounded at 
first battle of Manassas. Afterwards was First 
Lieutenant and commanded a section of a bat- 
tery in Fort Sumter, doing gallant service in the 
fight with monitors in April, 1861, and all en- 
gagements around Charleston. He served from 
Fort Sumter to Bentonville — the first and last 
battles of the war. In 1870 was Intendant of 
Rock Hill; in 1880 was member of the South 
Carolina Legislature. He is now engaged in 
farming at his home in Rock Hill, where he is 
President of the Board of Trustees for that 
school district, and Regent of South Carolina 
Hospital for the Insane. 
IV. Capt. Cadzvallader Jones, Jr., b. 3 December, 1843, 
m., 3 February, 1871, Emily Skinner Johnson, 
daughter of Dr. Charles E. Johnson and wife, Emily 
Skinner. She died 17 November, 1880, at ''Mt. Gal- 
lant," S. C, leaving Fanny Brzvin, b. September, 1874, 
and Mary Campbell, b. 7 August, 1876. Their son, 
Charles Johnson, b. 3 December, 1871, died in in- 

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fancy. Fanny B., in., in 1899, F'rank Avery Cobbs, 
son of Rev. Richard H. Cobbs and wife, Frances 
Avery. Capt Cadwalladcr Jones joined the Wash- 
ington Light Infantry, June, 1861, at Richmond, 
Va. ; afterwards was transferred to Twelfth South 
CaroHna Regiment, where he rose to be Captain of 
Company H. He shared the fortunes of this gallant 
and renowned command through twenty-seven hard 
fought battles of the war with marked distinction for 
cool bravery. He was wounded once in battles 
around Petersburg. He is now in Greensboro, Ala. 
V. Capt. Allen Jones, b. 23 August, 1846, m., 15 October, 
1874, Augusta H. Porcher, b. 30 August, 1852, 
daughter of Augustus Henry Porcher and wife, 
Eliza Marion DuBose. Issue: 

1. Marion Porcher, b. at Rock Hill, 5 September, 
1875, departed this life, June, 1887 — the sweet- 
est flower that ever bloomed along the waters of 
old Catawba ; the town with one voice named its 
first fire engine "Marion Jones," in her honor. 

2. Annie Iredell, b. 12 March, 1877, m., 25 April, 
1899, Geo. R. Rembert. 

3. Helen Iredell, b. 30 December, 1878. 

4. Jane DuBose, b. 27 August, 1880. 

5. Cadwallader, b. 24 July, 1882. 

6. Augusta Porcher, b. 30 August, 1885. 

7. Allen, b. 22 February, 1887. 

8. Robin, b. 5 December, 1889, in Columbia. 

9. Theodore Marion, b. i April, 1895. 

Capt. Allen Jones enlisted as a private in the Con- 
federate War at the age of 16, Company H, 
Twelfth South Carolina Regiment ; was after- 
wards in several important battles in Virginia, 
in one of which he was wounded. He moved 
from Rock Hill in 1888. He is now Secretary 

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and Treasurer of the Lexington Manufacturing 
Company, and of the Saxe Gotha Mills ; Presi- 
dent and Treasurer of the Palmetto Mills, and 
Secretary and Treasurer of the Carolina Land 
and Investment Company. 
VL Gen. Johnstone Jones, b. 26 September, 1848, m., 26 
June, 1873, Betty Watters Miller, daughter of 
Thomas C. and Annie Davis Miller, of Wilmington, 
N. C. Thomas C. was son of Alex. C. Miller and 
wife Mary, daughter of Gen. Thomas C. Brown and 
wife, Lucy Bradley. Gen. Johnstone Jones was 
Adjutant General of North Carolina for many years; 
has since moved to California, where he is now living 
and practicing law. He entered the Confederate 
Army at the age of 15, with the Arsenal Cadets from 
Columbia, and served with them on the retreat from 
the coast of South Carolina through Cheraw and 
Fayetteville to the surrender at Greensboro, N. C. 

VII. Wilie Jones, Cashier Carolina National Bank. Col- 
onel Second South Carolina Regiment, now in the 
United States Army in Cuba, in. 20 May, 1886, 
Annie Reaux Caldwell, daughter of John D. Cald- 
well and wife, Lucy E. Davis, daughter of Henry 
Davis. John Caldwell was an important and 
wealthy man, and President of the South Carolina 
Railroad Company. His son, John D. Caldwell, was 
a gallant officer in the Congaree Cavaliers of the 
Confederate War ; this company was assigned to the 
Holcomb Legion. They have issue : 

1. Caldwell, b. 24 April, 1887. 

2. Lucy Reaux, b. 3 September, 1891, died in her 
youth. She was a most lovely child. 

3. Annie Reaux, 6. 13 January, 1894. 

VIII. Annie Isabella, b. 10 November, 1852, m., 15 De- 
cember, 1875. Dr. Thomas Couturier Robertson, b. 

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22 August, 1849, son of Dr. Thomas T. Robertson, of 
Fairfield County, and wife, Sarah Palmer Coutu- 
rier. They had issue: 

1. Annie Isabella, b. 29 September, 1876, at "Mt. 
Gallant." 

2. Allen Jones, b. 31 December, 1877, d. 25 June, 
1887 — a child of most unusual promise. 

IX. Halcott Pride Jones, b. 14 February, 1855. 

X. Helen Iredell, b. 17 July, 1858, at "Mt. Gallant," S. C, 

m., 15 October, 1879, John Strieker Coles, Jr., b. 21 
January, 1856, son of Capt. J. S. Coles and wife, 
Eliza Pickens, daughter of Governor F. W. Pickens 
and wife, Margaret Eliza Simkins. They have 
issue : 

1. Selina Strieker, b. 9 July, 1880. 

2. Annie Cadzvallader, b. 4 August, 1882. 

3. Cadwallader, b. ly January, 1885. 

4. Strieker, b. 2y August, 1888. 

5. Marion, b. 7 September, 1891. 

6. Eliza Pickens, b. 6 November, 1895. 

7. Helen Iredell, b. 22 April, 1899. 

Capt. John Strieker Coles is son of Isaac Coles and wife 
Julia, daughter of Gen. John Strieker. Isaac Coles was 
son of John Coles, of Virginia, who came from Ireland, 
m. Elizabeth Tucker, and had two sons Walter and Isaac 
Coles. 

Walter Coles m. Elizabeth Cocke, and had issue : Sally 
Coles, who m. Benjamin Taylor, brother of Governor 
John Taylor, and son of Col. Thomas Taylor. 

Isaetta, sister of Capt. J. S. Coles, m. her cousin Peyton 
Coles, of Virginia. 

Governor F. W. Pickens,, member of Congress and 
Minister to Russia, was son of Gen. Andrew Pickens and 
wife, Frances Wilkinson, daughter of Christopher Wil- 
kinson and Eliza Plann, son of Frances Wilkinson and 

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Eva Morton, daughter of Joseph Morton, Governor 1681, 
and EHza Blake, daughter of Joseph Blake, Governor 
1896, and a daughter of Lord Darl Axtell. 

Margaret Eliza Simkins was daughter of Eldred Sim- 
kins and Eliza H. Smith, son of Judge Arthur Simkins 
and Margaret Smith. 

III. Dr. Pride Jones, b. 21 November, 181 5, at the "Wel- 
don Place," in., ist, Mary E. Cameron, daughter of 
Judge John A. Cameron, 29th May, 1838. Issue: 

1. Blisa Adams, b. 16 May, 1839. 

2. Cadwallader, died in youth. 

3. Mary C, b. 10 July, 1843. 

4. Halcott Pride Jones. 

He m., 2d, Martha Cain, 21 May, 1850, daughter 
of William Cain, of Orange County, N. C. 
Issue : 

1. Rebecca Cadzvallader, m. Dr. Knox; died with- 
out issue. 

2. Minerva, in. Dr. George G. Thomas, 13 May, 
1873 ; has one son Pride. 

3. Frederick Pride, b. i January, 1856, m. Mrs. 
\V Fanny Hellen, nee Glen, niece of Judge William 

Preston Bynum. They have a son. Pride Jones, 
b. I November, 1896 

4. Williain Cain, b. 18 December, 1859. 

5. Annie Roulhac, ///. Robert Davis, son of Joseph 
Davis, Associate Justice Supreme Court North 
Carolina. 

Halcott Pride Jones in., 8 June, 1869, Olive 
Echols. Issue : 

1. Jialcott Pride, died in youth. 

2. Cadzvallader, ^.14 June, 1872. 

3. Robin, died in 1897. 

4. Bchols, died in youth. 



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5- Mary Pride and Margaret Cameron, twins, 

&. 13 October, 1878. 
6. Allen Green, h. 21 March, 1884. 
The life of Dr. Pride Jones was without spot, a noble 
character in all that the word implies — full of human 
kindness, of paternal affection, brotherly love. No man 
was more respected. He was chosen by the voice of the 
county delegate to the convention called to consider the 
Constitution after the war, was member of the Legisla- ^, 

ture and Clerk of the Court at the time of his death. 

VI. Mary Rebecca Jones, m. Peter Brown Ruffin, son of 

Chief Justice Ruffin, 14 November, 1843. Issue: v 

1. Rebecca Bdzvards, b\ 15 September, 1846, m., 

19 May, 1873, James Webb, son of Dr. James | ,.^ ), 

Webb. They have Brozvn Ruffin, b. 21 June, 

1881, John Cox, b. 16 Feb., 1883. Their two 

first children, Mary and James, died in youth. v^' \ 

2. Mary Brozvn, b. 20 September, 1850. \ 

3. Thomas and Susan — twins ; she died in youth. -.^ 

4. Cadzvallader Jones, died in youth. - I ^ " 

5. Sarah, died in youth. i:- ^ **^ * 

6. Stirling and Allen — twins. |^ 

7. Sarah Jones and Anna ICirkland — twins. 

f Sarah, called Daisy, in. Charles Pettigrew, son ^ 
of Charles Pettigrew, of North Carolina, attor- ^ -, 
ney at law in Atlanta, Ga^/Anna, called Lilly, vjo? 
m., 22 November, 1882, John Harrison, of Vir- ^ ^ ^ *- ^ 
ginia. 

8. Joseph Ronlhac. 

P. B. Ruffin has been for many years Treasurer of 
the North Carolina Railroad ; he has an 
enviable character for integrity and honor. 

VII. Robin ap C. Jones. He moved from North Caro- 
lina to York County, S. C, in 1859. The war 
coming on, he raised a company of cavalry in the 

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County of York, First South Carolina Regiment, 
Hampton's Brigade, and was made Captain. He 
was as gallant an officer as ever drew blade. He 
fell mortally wounded, 9th June, 1863, at Brandy 
Station, charging in advance of his men. It was the 
first battle in which the regiment was engaged. He 
was then 36 years of age. He m., 24 April, 1855, 
Sarah R. Polk, eldest daughter of Gen. Lucius J. 
Polk and wife, Miss Easton, grand-niece of Mrs. 
Andrew Jackson. Issue : 

1. Mary Cadzvallader, b. 18 January, 1856, m. 
Col. Duncan B. Cooper, of Nashville, Tenn. 
She died December, 1893; children: lVillia))i S., 
Robin Jones, Sarah, Mary Brozvn, and Duncan 
Brozvn. This William S. Cooper, a youth of 18 
years, is now a private in the Philippines, and is 
distinguished for his gallantry. 

2. Rebecca Edwards, b. 16 June, 1857. 

3. Robin ap Robin, b. 18 February, 1859. 

4. Sarah, b. 10 April, i860, m., 21 June, 1888, 
James C. Bralford, attorney at law, Nashville. 
They have Thomas and Sarah Polk. 

5. Lucy Cadzvallader, b. 3 February, 1862, m. 
Stanley B. Herndon, son of Ed. Herndon, who 
fell at the battle of the Wilderness, brother of 
Thomas H. Herndon, M. C. They have 
Robin Cadwallader, Virginia and Rebecca 
Jones. 

The other children of Gen. L. J. Polk were Mary, m. 
Harry Yeatman ; Bniily, m. Mr. Williams, of Nashville, 
Tenn. ; Fanny, m. Col. Dillon, of Virginia; Lucia, m., ist, 
Campbell Brown, 2d, Gen. Ewell. William Polk lives 
in Mississippi, and George Polk lives in Texas. Lucius 
J. Polk, of Galveston, son of Gen. Polk, by his 2d wife, is 
prominent in railroad circles. 

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IX. Sally Rebecca Jones, m., 13 December, 1859, Josiah 
Collins, son of Josiah Collins, of Edenton, N. C, and 
wife, Mary Riggs. Issue : 

1. Mary Riggs, b. 8 October, 1861. 

2. Josiah, b. ly June, 1864. 

3. Cadzvallader, b. 19 June, 1866. 

4. Rebecca Allen, b. 7 January, 1868. 

5. Lizde, b. 10 March, 1871. 

6. Alethea, b. 11 July, 1874. 

The 2d Josiah lived at Lake Phelps, N. C. Mrs. Mary 
Riggs Collins was sister of Helen Riggs, wife of James 
Kent, grand-son of Chancellor Kent. 

Col. John Brzvin, of Alabama, son of John Peebles 
Erwin, of Kentucky, originally of Virginia, was a lawyer 
of great ability, the equal of any man in his State. He 
made by his practice at the bar a large fortune consisting 
mostly of lands and negroes. He was honored by being 
chosen President of the Richmond Convention, i860. 
He m. Eliza Margaret Chadwick, b. 25 December, 1804, 
in Kentucky, daughter of John Chadwick, who emigrated 
from Pennsylvania to the head waters of the Yadkin, 
North Carolina, thence to Kentucky, with Daniel Boone, 
where he m. Keren Hupuck Shortridge, 12 March, 1796, 
daughter of Judge Eli Shortridge, of Alabama. This 
Keren Hupuck Shortridge, b. 5 December, 1779, is said 
to have been the first white child born in the State of 
Kentucky. Her father lived in the old fort at the mouth 
of Big Sandy Creek. She remembered when milking 
cows soldiers stood by with guns to keep off the Indians. 
Mrs. Erwin's brothers and sisters — Hiram m. a daughter 
of Gen. Drum, of Pennsylvania ; Lucretia m. Thomas K. 
Carron ; Margaret m. Geo. W. Shackleford ; Sally m. Mr. 
Meredith ; their grand-daughter m. Robert B. Douglass. 
Col. George Erwin and Mrs. Allen C. Jones were the only 

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children who survived their parents. A daughter of Col. 
John Erwin in. Judge King. Mary, sister of Col. John 
Erwin, m. James B. Clark, Judge of the Court of Chan- 
cery, Alabama. Issue: 

1. Pickens, Judge of Probate Court. 

2. George, Associate Justice Supreme Court of Texas. 

3. Crawford, attorney at law, ni. Rena Borden. 

4. Hattie. 

Two sons of Chancellor Clark fell at Seven Pines. 
Judge Shortridge and Governor Winston were candidates 
for Governor — both Democrats. Shortridge announced 
himself as "a. live know nothing." Winston replied, 
''and a dead Democrat." 

Halcott Pride, called Hocky, of Sussex County, Va., m. 
Mary Briggs. They had three children. Lucy m. 
Dr. Alex. Glass Stanch^'Y M^^J^ w. Maj. Cadwallader 
Jones. Halcott Briggs died single. He was wealthy, 
owning large bodies of land in Virginia, and in Halifax 
and Northampton, N. C, among others, the Mush Island 
estate, with as rich bottoms as can be found on the Roan- 
oke. He lived in Petersburg, owned what is known as 
Pride's Old Field, now an important part of the city.' He 
adhered to the English idea of giving his lands to his son ; 
this he did, with all the negroes thereon, except nine given 
to each of his daughters, with £1,000 to each of them, and 
lots in the city. He appointed Allen and Willie Jones 
and Thomas Short his executors in North Carolina, and 
Howell, Briggs and Timberlake executors in Virginia. 
In the event of his children all dying before coming of 
age, he gave all of his estate to William Pride, William 
Timberlake and Winnie Pride. These were double 
cousins. There was a John Pride, vestryman of Gambrill 
Church, Raleigh Parish, 1790, also his cousin. It has 
always been believed that the Prides are of the family of 
Col. Pride of Cromwell's army, who drove out the Long 

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Parliament — called Pride^s purge. When it was pro- 
posed in the House of Commons to confer the title of 
King upon Cromwell, he consulted friends. The Rev. 
Calamy said it was illegal and impracticable. '^Besides," 
said Calamy, ''it is against the voice of the nation ; there 
will be nine in ten against you." "But what," said the 
Protector, "if I should disarm the nine and put a sword 
in the tenth man's hand, would not that do the business ?" 
Col. Pride said to him : "If you accept the crown, I will 
shoot you with my own hand." 

Charles II. wished to marry Cromwell's daughter Fran- 
ces ; he objected, saying, "The King will never forgive the 
death of his father ; besides, he is so damnably debauched, 
he canot be trusted." 

Dr. Thomas T. Robertson and wife, Sarah Palmer Cou- 
turier, had issue : 

1. Dr. Thomas C. Robertson, m. Annie Isabella Jones. 

2. McBride C, m. Carrie Aiken, daughter of Hugh 
Aiken, Colonel Fifth South Carolina Cavalry, and wife 
Mary, daughter of Governor Gayle, of Alabama; Col. 
Aiken fell at Lynch's Creek, February, 1865. 

3. Sarah C, m. John Day Brockington. 

4. Rebecca C, m. James M. Stewart. 

5. Walter C. 

This family are the descendants of the ancient Robert- 
son clan of Scotland. They supported the Stuarts and 
left Scotland after the battle of Culloden. 

Dr. T. T. Robertson, late of Winnsboro, S. C, was the 
youngest of three brothers. He was in the Florida War. 
His brothers, William Woodward and B. Hawley Robert- 
son, were in the famous Palmetto Regiment, which went 
to Mexico. William is recorded as among those that fell. 
Hawley is living ; he went out as Third Sergeant, and was 
promoted to Sergeant Major. Their father, William 

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Robertson, was in the War of 1812; was son of Capt. 
William Robertson, called Capt. Squire Willie, because 
he was a Magistrate in colonial times, and Captain in the 
War of the Revolution. He was son of John Robertson, 
who ni. the widow Woodward ; her son was Thomas 
Woodward, the ''Regulator," and great-grand-father of 
Maj. Tom Woodward, of Fairfield. 

B. Hawley Robertson, Sergeant Major in Mexico, was 
also in the Florida War and the Confederate War. He is 
now 84 years of age — the hero of three wars. 

Mrs. Thomas T. Robertson is a lineal descendant of 
Phillip Gendron, parson of the colony of Huguenots who 
emigrated to St. James Santee, S. C, 1689. She is a 
daughter of William Washington Coutourier and wife, 
Sarah Palmer, son of Capt. Coutourier, of Col. William 
Washington's command, who was on his staff at Eutaw. 
Sarah Palmer was the daughter of John Palmer and wi^e, 
Mary Jermain, son of Capt. John Palmer and wife, Amu 
Cahusac, son of "Turpine" John Palmer and wife, Ma- 
riane Gendron, daughter of Capt. John Gendron, son of 
Phillip Gendron. 

Dr. T. T. Robertson was an eminent physician in Fair- 
field County, and a man universally beloved. He studied 
the profession of medicine in Paris and, returning home, 
built up an eminently successful and extensive practice. 
He was one of the leading members of the State Medical 
Society and was elected President on its reorganization 
after the war. During the war he volunteered his profes- 
sional services to the Confederacy and went to the hos- 
pitals in Richmond, but was obliged to return home on 
account of failing health. Through his eminent virtues, 
unimpeachable integrity, kindly sympathy and rare social 
qualities, he endeared himself to a large circle of friends. 

Augustus Henry Porcher, was a son of Isaac Porcher 
and Mary Stephens, son of Phillip Porcher and Mary 

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Mazyck, m. 1734, son of Pierre Porcher and Charlotte 
Marianne Gendron, m. 1695, son of Isaac Porcher and 
Claude Cherique, of LaRoche Poissee, province of Tou- 
raine, son of Isaac Porcher and Susan Fere. 

Blisa Marion DuBose died 8th January, 1895. She 
was daughter of Theodore Samuel DuBose and Jane 
Sinkler Porcher, son of Samuel DuBose, of Harhin, and 
Eliza Marion, son of Samuel DuBose, of Murrells, and 
Elizabeth Sinkler, son of Isaac DuBose and Catherine 
Boissian, son of Isaac DuBose and Susan Conillandeau. 

Eliza Marion, above mentioned, was daughter of Theo- 
dore Marion and Elizabeth Marion, daughter of Gabriel 
Marion and wife, Catherine Taylor. This Gabriel was 
brother of Gen. Francis Marion. 

Jane Sinkler Porcher, above mentioned, was daughter 
of Philip Porcher, of Ophir, and Elizabeth Sinkler 
DuBose, daughter of Samuel, of Murrels. This Phillips 
was son of Peter Porcher, b. 1695, and Charlotte Mari- 
anne Gendron, daughter of Phillip Gendron, the Hugue- 
not emigrant, 1689. 

Charlotte Marion first m. Anthony Ashby ; their daugh- 
ter m. Richard Singleton ; their daughter m. George 
McDuffie ; their daughter m. Wade Hampton. 

William Edward Brodnax, h. 1755, d. 1831, rn. Sarah, 
daughter of Frederick J^. Jones and Betsey Eppes ; he 
was son of William and Rebecca Brodnax, son of Robert 
Brodnax, of Holborn, London. Issue: 
I. Robert Brodnax, m. Nancy Wilson, of Virginia. They 
had issue: 

1. John, m. Susan, daughter of Judge Thomas 
Ruffin. They had Nancy Brodnax, who m. 
William Roulhac, son of Joseph Roulhac and 
wife, Catherine Ruffin, daughter of Judge 
Thomas Ruffin. 

2. Robert; 3, Frederick; both died unmarried. 

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4- Mary, m. Dr. Brodnax, of Virginia. 

5. Bdzvard, ni. Alice, daughter of Col. Ham. Jones. 

II. Betsey Bppes, m. Maj. Wilson, of Virginia. 

III. Dr. Bd Travis, b. April i, 1795, m. Miss Chalmers. 

IV. Alexander, m. Miss Wilkes, of Virginia. 

V. Anna, m. John L. Wilkes, of Virginia. 

These brothers, Robert and Ed Travis Brodnax, were 
wealthy planters, owning large estates in Rockingham 
County, on the Dan River. They were both men of the 
first credit ; Dr. Brodnax frequently represented his 
county in the House and Senate. 

THE BUTLER FAMILY 

Maj. Pierce Butler, the first ancestor in this country, 
was an Irishman, a descendant of Ormond, the celebrated 
Jacobin Duke. He came to America as an officer in the 
British Army ; he soon resigned and married Miss Mid- 
dleton, a lady of large estate, and settled in South Caro- 
lina. After the surrender of Charleston he escaped 
literally barefooted, and sought shelter in North Caro- 
lina. His daughter m. Dr. Mease, of Philadelphia; his 
grand-children by this daughter, his sole representative in 
succeeding to his fortune, adopted his name. 

Williain Butler m. Miss Perry, sister of Commodore 
Perry. They had, among other children, Mrs. Carson, of 
Greenville, Gen. Matthew Calbraith Butler and William 
Butler. Commodore Perry was named for a bright little 
boy, Matthew Calbraith, son of the Captain of the vessel 
on which his father went to Europe. Gen. Butler m. 
Maria, daughter of Governor Pickens. Her twin-sister, 
Eliza, m. Capt. J. Strieker Coles. Rebecca m. Judge 
Bacon. Governor Pickens' 3d wife is Lucy Holcombe, 
by whom he had Douschka, who m. George Dugas. 

Gen. Butler has sons, Dr. Frank W. P. Butler, who m. 

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Lilian Jones ; Maj. M. C. Butler, and a daughter, Marie, 
vho m. Lieut.' McNeely, of the United States Navy. His 
5on Willie, and daughter Blise, died in the first bloom of 
s^outh — both were unusually bright and attractive. 

THE IREDELL FAMILY 

A tradition which followed this family from Great 
Britain is, that the true name is Ireton, and that they are 
collateral descendants of Henry Ireton, son-in-law of 
Tomwell. At the Restoration this change of name was 
nade to escape the clamor and fury of the Royalists. 
Oertain it is that the coat of arms of the Iredells is the 
same as the Ireton. 

The first of the family of whom we have record is the 
Rev. Francis Iredell, of Dublin. He m. Eleanor McCart- 
ney, niece of Judge McCartney, of Kings Bona, Ireland, 
who was first cousin of Sir George McCartney, General of 
Bengali, 1785, and Ambassador to China, with the dignity 
of Earl, 1792. 

She had a sister, Isabella, who died 1765, and two 
brothers, lames and Charles, merchants, respectively, of 
Bristol and Dublin. Charles ni. a daughter of James 
McCulloh, of Grogan, and left one daughter, Margaret 
McCartney. 

The Rev. Francis Iredell and wife Eleanor, left two 
sons : Thomas, a wealthy planter in Tarroca, died unmar- 
ried ; and Francis, merchant of Bristol, who m. Margaret 
McCulloh, I August, 1750, and had issue: lames, b. 5 
October, 1751 ; Charles, Francis, Arthur, and Thomas, b. 
1761. 

This Margaret McCulloh was a lineal descendant of 
Sir Cullo O'Neil, first Laird of Myrton, Scotland, and a 
son of the Clane boys, Ireland. In the early part of the 
14th century, the Irish took up arms to throw off the 

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British yoke, and called on Robert de Bruce, King of 
Scotland, to assist. He sent his brother Edward, with 
6,000 men. Cullo O'Neil, an Irish patriot, was made 
Captain of Horse. They drove the English out of Ulster. 
The English being reinforced surprised Edward de Bruce 
near Dundolk. Here Edward was slain by Malpers ; 
Capt. Cullo O'Neil, with heroic effort, slew Malpers, re- 
covered and brought off the sword of Edward and made 
a successful retreat to King Robert de Bruce's army, 
coming on to join his brother. For this distinguished 
gallantry the King knighted Capt. O'Neil, made him his 
standard bearer. Secretary of State and gave him the 
lands of Myrton — the rendendo being "a rose for the 
King to smell at when he came to Myrton." Sir Cullo 
O'Neil died 1331, leaving his estate of Myrton to his eld- 
est son, Sir Godfrey, who assumed the surname McCullo. 
The estate was held in this name until 1524, when Sir 
Alexander McCullo died without issue male and was suc- 
ceeded by his son-in-law, Henry McCulloh, who m. his 
daughter Margaret. The charter was renewed by 
James I. again by Queen Mary, and held by Simeon, 
William and Alexander McCiilloh until 1643, when he 
died, and was succeeded by his son William, of Brandel- 
ston, who left two sons, James, of Grogan, and Henry, of 
Brandelston. The estate was sold for family debts and 
heritable bonds before James, of Grogan, came into pos- 
session. It thus appears how the name Cullo O'Neil was 
changed to Cullo and again to McCulloh. 

Margaret McCulloh, wife of Francis Iredell, was 
daughter of James McCulloh and wife, Mary Ferguson, 
grand-daughter of James McCulloh, of Grogan. 

''The Claneboys in the Iredell family is Clandeboys or 
Claeboye on Belfast Lough, the seat of Lord Dufferin, 
late Governor General of India, a lineal descendant of 



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Judge Jaimes Iredei^i. 

From a Painting bj^ A. I. Robertson 



Hugh O'Neil, ancestor of Clan Hugh Buoy or Claneboys" 
(Sweeney). 

James Iredell, Associate Justice of the first Supreme 
Court of the United States, appointed by Washington, 
1790, was born at Lewes, England, 5 October, 1751. His 
fame rests not merely on his great legal ability, but as well 
also on the ability and boldness with which he discussed 
the points in dispute between the colonies and Britain in 
1774-75. These discussions were in pamphlets and pri- 
vate letters, being precluded by his office of Collector of 
the Port of Roanoke, from public effort. William 
Hooper says : "Whilst I was active in contest, he forged 
the weapons which were to give success to the cause I 
supported." Of his letter to Hooper, 26 April, 1774, Jo- 
seph Seawell Jones, in his Defence of North Carolina, 
says: "I look upon this letter as not inferior to any event 
in the history of the country, and in the boldness and 
originality of its views, I say that it is a document without 
a rival at the period of its date. It takes precedence of 
the Mecklenburg Declaration, as that does of the National 
Declaration of Independence" — statesman and jurist, 
learned and bold — patriot, alongside of both. 

By the influence of his cousin, Sir George McCartney, 
he was appointed Deputy Collector of the Port of 
Roanoke at the age of 17 years ; by his own talent he was 
elected Attorney General of the State in 1779, at the age 
of 28. He m. Hannah Johnstone, 18 July, 1773, youngest 
daughter of John Johnstone and wife, Helen Scrymgoeur, 
daughter of Alex. Scrymgoeur and wife, Jane Duncan, 
of Scotland. 

John Johnstone, brother of the Governor, Gabriel, emi- 
grated to America from Dundee, Scotland, 1736, and 
was appointed Surveyor General of the province. He 
resided in Onslow, owning large possessions in that 
county. He was ordained minister of the Church of 

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England, and on Sundays would read the services to his 
family and neighbors. He often represented his county 
in the Provincial and State Assemblies. He was wealthy, 
a capitalist, and it is said governed many in the Assembly 
by lending them money. In bad weather he had every 
kind of work carried on in his house. Tailors, shoe- 
makers, saddlers — all plied their trades. In 1776 he was 
a member of Caswell's Council. He m. before leaving 
Scotland, Helen, daughter of Alexander Scrymgoeur and 
Jane Duncan, of Scotland. This Scrymgoeur was a 
lineal descendant of Sir Alexander Scrymgoeur, of the 
army of King Robert de Bruce. 

Judge James Iredell and wife Hannah, who d. 1826, 
had issue : 

1. Annie Isabella, h. 1785, d. 18 16. 

2. Helen; both died single. 

3. James, b. at Edenton, N. C, 2 November, 1788. 
He was a man of great talent ; by many thought the 

equal of his father. He was member of the House of 
Commons 18 16, Speaker 18 17- 18, Judge 1819, Governor 
1827, and United States Senator 1828, succeeding Macon. 
This office he resigned 183 1 and returned to the bar. He 
died 1855. The old Judge died 1799. 

Governor James Iredell m. Frances Johnstone Tred- 
well, daughter of Samuel Tredwell and wife, Helen 
Scrymgoeur Blair, sister of Governor Samuel Johnstone 
and Hannah Iredell. She, Helen, was born 1763, died 
1802. 

Prances Johnstone Tredzvell, who m. Governor James 
Iredell, was the 7th generation in direct descent from 
John Alden and Priscilla, the "Puritan maid" — thus: 
from John Alden and wife Priscilla to their son David; 
from David Alden to his daughter BUcabcth; from Eliza- 
beth Alden (wife of Deacon John Seabury, a grand-son 
through his father, Samuel, of Dr. John Seabury, a distin- 

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guished surgeon of his day, and one of the earhest settlers 
of Duxbury, Mass.), to their son, Parson Seahury; from 
Parson Samuel Seabury (father of the first Bishop of the 
Episcopal Church in America, the Rt. Rev. Samuel 
Seabury), to his daughter Bli:!abeth; from Elizabeth 
Seabury (wife of Benjamin Tredwell, M. D., son of Col. 
Benjamin Tredwell, of Great Neck, Queen's County, on 
Nassau Island, in the colony of New York), to their son 
Samuel; from Samuel Tredwell to his daughter Frances 
Johnstone ; from Frances Johnstone Tredwell, wife of 
Governor James Iredell, to her daughter, Annie Isabella, 
who married Cadwallader Jones, Esquire, 1836. 

THE JOHNSTONE FAMILY 

The Johnstones are an ancient family, deriving their 
name from the Barony of Johnstone, in Annandale, Scot- 
land. By successive creations from 1420 to 1701, the 
head of the race attained the dignity of Marquis. The 
first of this family in America was Gabriel, appointed by 
the King Governor of North Carolina, 1734; his brother 
John was appointed Surveyor of the State, 1736. Gabriel 
Johnstone held his office for nearly twenty years ; he died 
August, 1752. His administration was eminently suc- 
cessful ; the province peaceful and the people satisfied, 
rapidly improving in wealth and population. 

In respect for his memory the County of Johnstone was 
named for him. He m. Penelope, daughter of Charles 
Eden, Governor of North Carolina 1720, died in office 
1722. Mary, only child of Governor Johnstone, m. Col. 
John Dawson, of Williamsburg, Va., son of Col. Dawson 
and wife, Mary Stith. She was descended from William 
Randolph, of Turkey Island, and Mary Isham, of Ber- 
muda Hundreds. This Randolph was the founder of the 
illustrious families of Jefferson, Randolph and Lee. 

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Col. Dawson left one daughter, Penelope Eden, who 
m. Tristram Louther. They had William , m. Annie 
Sawyer, and Maria, m. Joseph B. Skinner. They had 
Tristram Skinner, a gallant officer, who fell at Sharps- 
burg, and Penelope, m. Thomas D. Warren, of Edenton. 
Governor Gabriel Johnston and his brother John were 
from Dundee, Scotland. The Governor dropped the final 
letter of his name; his brother John retained it. He 
lived, as before said, in Onslow County ; was a wealthy 
planter, and was ordained minister of the Church of Eng- 
land, but was never rector of any church. He m. Helen 
Scrymgoeur, of Scotland, and had issue : Samuel, John, 
Penelope, Jane Duncan, Annie, Isabella, Hannah. 
I. Samuel Johnstone, Governor of North Carolina, 1787, 
was a grand character, the equal of any man the 
State has produced at any period — his name is iden- 
tified with the history of the State during his time. 
Every honor was conferred upon him which the 
State could bestow — member of the Assembly at 
New Bern, 1775; Moderator of the Assembly and 
President of tlie Provincial Congress, 1780-82; dele- 
gate to the Continental Congress at Philadelphia; 
Judge, 1800, and the first United States Senator 
elected from North Carolina, 1789. He was a 
wealthy planter, and, after a busy life and for the 
purpose of repose, he resigned his office of Judge in 
1803, a^d retired to his residence, *'Hayes," near 
Edenton, where he died, 1816. He m. Frances 
Cathcart, and left four children : 

1. Penelope, m. John Swann, M. C. 

2. James C; 3, Fanny, and 4, Helen. These died 
unmarried. 

n. John Johnstone, 2d son of the Surveyor General, 
lived at Sapona, Bertie County. He was also a 
wealthy planter; a man of culture and literary at- 

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Gov. Samuel Johnstone 

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Johnstone 



tainments ; was a member of the Congress at Hills- 
boro 1775 ; was State Senator 1787-88-89. He was 
one of the Committee of Safety for Edenton District 
1775, and Delegate to Provincial Congress 1776, and 
of the Congress that adopted the Constitution of the 
State. He m. Elizabeth Whitmel Williams. Issue : 

1. Samuel, m. Sarah Thompson, and had issue: 
John T., a planter near Jackson, Miss., who m. 
Margaret Thompson, and had issue: Frances 
Iredell, m. William Birton, and Helen Scrym- 
goeur, ni. Rev. George Harris. Their son 
George C. m. Cecil Nugent, November, 1896. 

2. John, m. Elizabeth Cotten, and had issue : Rev. 
Samuel Iredell, m. Margaret Burgoyne and had 
issue : 

1. James C, who m. Kate Warren. 

2. Maria, m. Rev. Francis Hilliard. 

3. Bettie, m. Dr. Ed. Warren, Bey of Egypt. 

4. Gabriel; 5, Helen, m. Perry; 6, Iredell; 7, \ ' 
Fanny. 

III. Blizaheth, m. Phillip Alston, and had 

1. James, m. Miss Summerville, of Virginia. 

2. Alexander Scrymgoeur, m. Fanny Yarborough, 
of Orange County. 

3. Rev. Phillip Alston, graduated at Chapel Hill, 
1829. He was a man of real genius ; was called 
''Brains ;" was distinguished for his eloquent 
sermons ; died in Tennessee, leaving one son, 
Alexander Scrymgoeur. 

4. William, m. Mary Granby. 

IV. Jane Duncan, m. George Blair. Issue : 

I. Helen Scrymgoeur, in. Samuel Tredwell, of 
New York; b. 1763, d. 1826. Helen was b. 
1763, d. 1802. They had issue: 
I. Margaret Penelope, died single. 

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2. Prances Johnstone, m. Gov. James Iredell. 

3. James Iredell, m. Mary Blount. , , 

2. Margaret Blair, m. ist, Dr. Horner; 2d, Dr. 
Sawyer. ^ ^ 

3. George Blair, m. Mary King. 

V. Penelope, m. Parson Stewart. 

3. James Iredell Tredwell and wife Mary had 
issue: Margaret, Bettie Jane. These sis- 
ters m. Dr. Bryant. 

4. Helen, m. Jordan Daniel. 

5. Adam Tredwell, m. Miss Baker, of Vir- 
ginia. 

6. Prances Lenox, m. Ed. Courtney Jenkins, 
of Virginia. Issue : Iredell, Allen, Anabel, 
Panny Lenox. 

Helen T. Blount, m. Isaac Davenport. No 
issue. 

Sally Sawyer, daughter of Samuel T. Tred- 
well, of Edenton, m. Edward Wadsworth 
Ayers, of Washington City. ^ 

VI. Annie, died unmarried. 

VII. Isabella, was affianced to Joseph Hewes, one of the 
signers of the Declaration of Independence. She 
died just before they were to be married. He 
always felt and was treated as one of the family. 

VIII. Hannah, m. James Iredell, Judge United States 
Court. 

These families — the Johnstones, Iredells, Tredwells, 
Alstons and Blairs — intermarried and lived for more than 
a century about the old town of Edenton, in the utmost 
friendship and mutual esteem. James C. Johnstone, by 
the death of his sisters, became sole heir of the Johnstone 
estate. He was a man of culture and proud of his ances- 
tors and family; in the year 1863, pending the war, he 
made his will, disinheriting his natural heirs, and be- 

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queathed his large property to persons not connected with 
him by blood or marriage. To his overseer he gave all his 
Roanoke lands, with everything upon them, including 
about 500 negroes ; to Hallowell he gave his Pasquotank 
lands, and to Edward Wood his ancestral home, ''Hayes," 
and bank stock, &c., amounting to about $300,000. To 
his servant, Aaron, he left $7,500, with the request that 
he should be set free. 

There can be but one solution of the causes of his 
will — he was insane; a strong mind overthrown by dis- 
ease and age ; for he had attained 87 years. 

I must not omit to recall an evidence of his kind feeling 
and love for his cousin, Mrs. Iredell ; when the Governor 
died in 1853, he immediately sent her a cheque for 
$50,000. This was all lost by an investment which failed 
during the war. 

Governor James Iredell and wife Frances, m., 6 June, 
1815 ; had issue: 

I. Annie Isabella, m. Cadwallader Jones. 

II. Frances Lenox, m. Dr. Charles E. Johnson. 

III. Penelope, m. Griffith I. McRee. 

IV. Helen Blair, died 12 December, 1888. 

V. Jane Moore, m. Thomas D. Meares. 

VI. James Johnstone, Major in Confederate Army. 
Fell at Chancellorsville. 

VII. Samuel Tredwell, died unmarried. 

VIII. Margaret Tredivell, m. Judge William M. 
Shipp. 

IX. Campbell Tredwell, m. Mary Johnson. Captain 
in Confederate Army ; fell at Gettysburg. 

X. Cadwallader Jones, m. Martha Southgate ; Captain 
in Hampton Legion. They have one son, James. 

These brothers were all young men in the war — all 
gallant. Capt. C. J. Iredell was twice wounded. He is 
now living in Norfolk, Va. 

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tl. Prances Lenox Iredell, m., lo April, 1^49, Dr. 
Charles Earl Johnson, of Raleigh, N. C. He was an 
eminent physician, and was Surgeon General during 
the Civil War. He was son of Charles E. Johnson, 
of Chowan, and wife, Ann Taylor, of Franklin 
County, son of Charles Johnson, of Chowan County, 
who was Senator from that county, member of Con- 
gress 1 80 1, and a wealthy planter. He emigrated 
from England and married a daughter of the Rev. 
Daniel Earl, one of the first ministers of the Church 
of England who came to the State. He was known 
as Parson Earl. Dr. Charles E. Johnson and wife 
Frances had issue : 

1. Frances Iredell, b. 11 March, 1850; m., 5 De- 
cember, 1882, Dr. Peter Evans Hines, of Ra- 
leigh, N. C, son of Richard Hines and Ann E. 
Spruell. 

2. Charles Barl, b. 13 August, 185 1 ; m., 7 Decem- 
ber, 1876, Mary Ellis Wilson, daughter of Har- 
vey Wilson, attorney at law, Charlotte, N. C. 
Issue: Mary Wilson, b. 22 November, 1877; 
Charles Barl, b. 10 August, 1877 ; d. 9 August, 
1880; Frances Lenox, b. 27 October, 1800; d. 14 
December, 1881 ; Charles Barl, b 22 September, 
1883 ; Josephine Harvey, b. 23 October, 1882 ; d. 
8 June, 1884; Fanny Hines, b. 25 December, 
1887. 

3. James Iredell, b. 2 November, 1854; m. Re- 
becca Murray, 11 January, 1885. Issue: James 
Iredell, b. i November, 1887; Carson Murray, 
b. II February, 1890; J. 11 August, 1892; £/i>a- 
beth Murray, b. 13 October, 1893; Lenox, b. 31 
August, 1895 ; Barl, b. 23 November, 1897. 

4. Helen Blair, b. 11 October, 1856, m. her cousin, 
James I. McRee, son of Griffith McRee. Issue : 

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{nee An7iie Isabella Iredell) 

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daughter, A. I. Robertson 



Prances Johnson, i. 15 I^ebruary, 1889; ^ci^nes 
"Iredell, b. 2 October, 1890; Fergus, b. 30 Au- 
gust, 1892; Charles Barl Johnson, b. 7 March, 
1894, d. 6 February, 1895 ; Johnson, b. 30 Octo- 
ber, 1895 ; William, b. 6 August, 1897 ; GriMth 
John, b. 2 August, 1899. 
5. Samuel Iredell, b. 30 March, 1869. Dr. John- 
son, m., 1st, Emily Skinner, of Chowan County. 
They had three daughters: Mary, m. Capt. 
Campbell T. Iredell ; Elizabeth Barl, m. William 
Jones, Esq., attorney at law, Asheville, N. C. ; 
Emily Skinner, m. Capt. Cadwallader Jones, of 
Alabama. 
III. Penelope Johnstone Iredell, m., 20 October, 1842, 

Griffith J. McRee, attorney at law, Wilmington, N. 

C. Issue : 

1. Eliza Ann, b. 5 October, 1843, d. 18 October, 
1862. 

2. Griffith John, b. 26 July, 1847, d. 4 November, 
1862. 

3. Frances Iredell, b. 6 August, 1849. Living 
now in St. Louis, Mo. 

4. Mary Hill, b. 9 September, 1850, d. 11 Septem- 
ber, 1854. 

5. James Iredell, b. 25 March, 1854, m. his cousin, 
Helen Blair Johnson. They are living now in 
Richmond, Va. 

6. Annie Isabella, b. 9 November, 1856, d. 8 
March, 1882. 

7. Penelope Johnstone, b. 4 March, 1859, m. John 
Dawson Smith, of Fayetteville, N. C. Living 
now at Bonham, Tex. Issue: Margaret, Pene- 
lope, Griffith, Frank, McRee, Drewry, Iredell, 
Gardner, Frances. 

8. William, b. 5 October, i860. Living now at 

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St. Louis, Mo. Frances Iredell and William 
are unmarried. The sons of Governor Iredell, 
James, Samuel, Campbell, and Cadwallader, are 
mentioned above. 
V. Jane Moore Iredell, m. Thomas D. Meares, of Wil- 
mington, N. C. Issue: 

1. Mary Owen, d. in youth. 

2. Thomas Davis, m. Jane Young, Issue: Mary 
Fremont, Celestina (d.), Jane Voting, Thomas 
Davis, and Richard Langdon. 

3. William Belvidere, when just grown was 
drowned on a steamboat excursion. 

4. Frances Iredell, m. William H. Green. Issue : 
Frances Meares, William Henry (d.), Thomas 
Meares, Charles Frederick, Jane Iredell and 
Mary Owen. 

5. Katherine, m. George N. Harris. Issue: Jane 
Meares, Caroline Brown, Katherine Meares, 
Thomas Brown (d.), Francis Green, Meares, 
Margaret Iredell, Robert Cronley (c?.), Esther 
Bxum, Bleanor, and George. 

6. Jane Iredell, m. William A. Williams. Issue: 
Jane Meares, William Arthur (d.), Sarah 
Forbes, Isabel, Frank Lenox, Helen Iredell, 
Robert Marshall, and Katherine Davis. ! 

7. James Iredell, m. Josephine Folger. Issue: 
Harriet Folger (d.), George Folger, and Jane 
Iredell. 

8. Hannah Johnstone, died in youth. 

9. Frank Lenox. 

10. Margaret Iredell. 

11. Blisa Walker. 

VIII. Margaret Tredwell Iredell, m. Judge William M. 
Shipp, 6 November, 1872. He d., 28 June, 1890, 
leaving a daughter, Mary Preston, b. i2> May, 1875. 

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SOUGMrON. 1824 — 



Their first daughter, Prances Johnson, d. in infancy. 
Judge Shipp was an eminent and able lawyer in North 
Carolina, and was distinguished as a just and impartial 
Judge. His first wife was Kate Cameron, daughter of 
Judge Cameron, of Florida, by whom he had Anna Cam- 
eron, William Bwen, Lieutenant in United States Army, 
Bartlett, attorney at law, and Kate Cameron. Lieut. 
William E. Shipp was a graduate of West Point. He 
'was First Lieutenant at Santiago, Cuba, where he fell 
gallantly leading his command. He m. Margaret, 
daughter of Dr. Fabius Busbee, of Raleigh, and left sur- 
viving him two sons, William Bwen and Fabius Busbee. 



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